A Sense Of Disconnection

He was the kind of guy who would question why you had the refrigerator in the kitchen and not in the family room, then stare at you as if it was the entire world that had it wrong and not him.

Also, true north was not a fact despite what every compass indicated - it was to him, an opinion, and a subjective one at that. 

There wasn't much that he wasn't contentious about, no matter how preposterous his contrarian position was.

Whenever anyone was able to conclusively prove that any of his assertions were wrong, he would spend an hour or so arguing that everything was subject to interpretation, and that it was all just a matter of perspective.

Despite that, he still was able to gain employment as an accountant, which was beyond the keen of everyone who knew him.

Numbers don't lie was the only explanation.