Starting Out Poor

I watched the pilot of IFC's The Increasingly Poor Decisions Of Todd Margaret, created by and starring David Cross.  (The title reminds me of another IFC series--Laure Kightlinger's The Minor Accomplishments Of Jackie Woodman.)  The premise has Cross playing the title character, who's essentially a loser, a temp worker hired to sell an energy drink in England.  He has no talent for his job and keeps getting in bigger trouble.

Cross is a good standup, and I've enjoyed him in Mr. Show and Arrested Development, but I'm not seeing much here.  Maybe it'll improve, but watching a clueless guy fail isn't that much fun so far.  Worse, the one employee he has working with him, Dave, and Englishman, simply mocks him and makes life tough for him.  Watching a guy get in deeper and deeper could work, but someone nearby who's supposed to help him constantly needle him is annoying.