Stupid People

[Hyacinth42]

I'm currently doing a random essay, and I decided to surf for other's ideas on the story I had to read, and I realized that there are stupid people out there, and they are incredibly annoying... Most missed the entire point of the story, and I just wanted to smack them and ask "What's the matter with you?" *sigh* I was just wondering what encounters you may have had with annoyingly stupid people that makes you want to smack them... I mean, it's ok for you to not understand/miss something, but some people are just annoying when they are stupid.....

[Shalot]

That's funny. I remember analyzing a William Blake poem and a girl in the class was asked to give her thoughts on it and she said, "it's about Jesus" and that's all she had to say. And I thought that the instructor shouldn't have let her get away with that.

[papayahed]

An apartment complex I was moving into wanted me to inspect the place with an apt. representative before they gave me the keys and I signed the papers. We went to look at the place and it hadnt been cleaned yet so we had to postpone my move in date.

I was talking to the manager and I said I wanted to look at the place before I signed to make sure it's clean, she said fine come in sunday around 11. A little further along in the conversation she mentioned that the cleaners weren't coming until sunday afternoon. I was like huh? then why would I come in at 11? We went round and round like this until I finally said I'd be there on monday.

We have a whole new management group here now.

[AutumnGal]

My husband was working in the plumbing department of a home improvement store just before the turn of the millennium (during the Y2K scare). A man came in to get some parts and asked my hubby some questions about rigging a propane gas bottle up to his natural gas stove "just in case" things went bad at midnight on December 31st. My hubby tried to explain to the customer in laymen's terms why it wasn't a simple project and cautioned him about many of the dangers. The customer argued with him :argue: and didn't seem to want to understand anything my hubby was telling him. :brickwall Finally, hubby said to him very matter-of-factly, "It will explode, and you will die." :eek: He was about to add, "It would be very bad," but stopped short after considering who he was dealing with. :lol:

[bibliophile190]

Oh, don't get me stupid. These people are like a plague. At my school I have to deal with the "gangsta" types. They are a brand of stupidity all their own. They obviously have no idea what proper grammar means, and they wear their pants so low it's amazing they don't fall over. Sometimes I am just so tempted to go over and push them over, or just smack them on the back of their heads, and ask if they want to work in a McDonalds the rest of their life. I hate dealing with stupid people.

[Countess]

One of my friends on Myspace has a picture of himself standing next to the Grand Canyon. The title reads "Hey, we can bury all the stupid people here! Wait a minute, there are 1.5 billion people on the planet. They won't all fit!"

LMAO.

If I went into stupid people stories, I would die at my keyboard from starvation, so I best not start. Let me just say, I feel your pain.

[SleepyWitch]

If I went into stupid people stories, I would die at my keyboard from starvation, so I best not start. Let me just say, I feel your pain.

yep, me too.
the worst sort of stupid people are those who are convinced they are incredibly smart and won't listen to anyone, refuse to learn new things,...

but i try to either ingore them or not get heated up about them, just smile and wave :)

[Virgil]

yep, me too.
the worst sort of stupid people are those who are convinced they are incredibly smart and won't listen to anyone, refuse to learn new things,...

but i try to either ingore them or not get heated up about them, just smile and wave :)

*waves back and smiles* Is that why you ignore me? :p :lol:

[Pensive]

Ummm.........fools we all are at times.......

[Layka]

I totally agree with pensive!

[AimusSage]

Yeah I once tried to hit a guy who was acting really stupid, only as it turned out, I hurt my hand, because I hit a mirror instead...:rolleyes:

As for stupidity itself, it's universal. I would go so far as to say the most powerful force in the universe is stupidity. Use it if you have to, but try to avoid it if you can, doesn't mean it can't use you though. It has a way of channeling it's power through people.

[SleepyWitch]

*waves back and smiles* Is that why you ignore me? :p :lol:

hahahah :) hahah. if you think you're one of those stupid people, then you have no idea how stupid the really, really stupid ones are :D
you make me go :flare: when you want to argue about global warming, but i don't think you're the kind of person who has a look on their face that makes you want to knock on their heads to see if anyone's home :)

[Countess]

yep, me too.
the worst sort of stupid people are those who are convinced they are incredibly smart and won't listen to anyone, refuse to learn new things,...



You hit the nail on the head. Tons of these in the engineering/project management world. I was the first to pontificate doom and destruction for this one project. In fact, my predictions went all the way up to the head of engineering (3 levels from me) who did nothing. Needless to say, the project overshot it's budget so much, they had to perform layoffs. Guess who got laid off?

Yeah, isn't that ironic! The project manager is still there.

[Countess]

PS: Sleepywitch, your avatar is cool-as-expletive. Where did you get it from? I adore that photo.

[Virgil]

You hit the nail on the head. Tons of these in the engineering/project management world. I was the first to pontificate doom and destruction for this one project. In fact, my predictions went all the way up to the head of engineering (3 levels from me) who did nothing. Needless to say, the project overshot it's budget so much, they had to perform layoffs. Guess who got laid off?

Yeah, isn't that ironic! The project manager is still there.

Are you an engineer, Countess?

[SleepyWitch]

PS: Sleepywitch, your avatar is cool-as-expletive. Where did you get it from? I adore that photo.

from that free avatar thingy.. avatar.jurko.net or something.. it's the first that shows up when you do a google searc for: free avatars. they've got loads of nice ones and loads of crappy ones, it's mixed bag

[Shalot]

Ummm.........fools we all are at times.......

I agree with that. What's really bad is realizing you've been stupid for quite a while without realizing it and then you feel so foolish. :blush:

I guess we all have our stupid moments (or years in some cases).

(but it is funny to share stupidity stories)

[kilted exile]

A story about a stupid boss I had.

One summer I worked for a wood reprocessing plant, my job was diving a bobcat scooping loads of wood into the front loader bucket then dump it into the grinder. Of course the wood to begin with was of various sizes and needed cut before going into the grinder. My boss was a cheapskate and instead of buying a decent saw he bought a crappy little chainsaw which was not good enough and as a result the chain kept falling off. After a while my boss decided enough cutting it, just dump it in.

I tried to explain the grinder wasnt designed to work like that (it was a top loader), he didnt care though & just told me to stop arguing and dump the bleep into the bleeping grinder. I was fed up & did it. It was hilarious, chunks of wood were flying out the grinder like a volcano & my boss went running off towards the office before any smacked him in the head (I was ok in the cage of the bob). A phone company was based next to the plant and we only just avoided smashing some of the windows of there trucks with 1ft long pieces of wood:lol: He really should've listened to me.

[Shalot]

A story about a stupid boss I had.

One summer I worked for a wood reprocessing plant, my job was diving a bobcat scooping loads of wood into the front loader bucket then dump it into the grinder. Of course the wood to begin with was of various sizes and needed cut before going into the grinder. My boss was a cheapskate and instead of buying a decent saw he bought a crappy little chainsaw which was not good enough and as a result the chain kept falling off. After a while my boss decided enough cutting it, just dump it in.

I tried to explain the grinder wasnt designed to work like that (it was a top loader), he didnt care though & just told me to stop arguing and dump the bleep into the bleeping grinder. I was fed up & did it. It was hilarious, chunks of wood were flying out the grinder like a volcano & my boss went running off towards the office before any smacked him in the head (I was ok in the cage of the bob). A phone company was based next to the plant and we only just avoided smashing some of the windows of there trucks with 1ft long pieces of wood:lol: He really should've listened to me.


That's funny. Then did he try to blame it on you?

[kilted exile]

Nah, but he did go bankrupt still owing me a grand in wages (I worked all the overtime I could get to save for school - not uncommon to do a 12hr shift)

[grace86]

I was a senior in highschool finishing up a general ed graduation requirement, so I was taking an oceanography class. My teacher put us in groups and had us locate some things on a map...my partner, a junior, was having a hard time..and she turned around and asked me...

"Are we in North or South America?"

[Shalot]

We don't know how to use the accounting software we have at work.

See, in accounting, you have debits and credits. You list payables and receivables (and inventory and equipment etc) and you prepare a statement at the end of every period that sums ups your money coming in, money going out, cash on hand and a list of assets etc...

Whenever we receive money for services rendered a money transaction is posted to the general ledger. Whenever we pay money for services or products, a transaction posts to the general ledger.

Sometimes, errors occur and these transactions go to the wrong account. Maybe the general counsel's office submits an invoice for consulting services, and it somehow posts in the "Services Catoring" account instead of the Services Consulting account.

When errors like these occur, there should be a way to move the money out of one account and put it into another, using the software, that ties it back to the original transaction. And you should reasonably expect that errors like these would occur given the volume of transactions that take place, even in a small company. And you would think that the software designers would have had this in mind when they developed the software. And they did. The only problem is that the managers at the company I work for were unaware of the form you access to make an account change. And this went on for years. Their solution was to do a non-reversing journal entry that moved the money on the general ledger but was in no way connected the original transaction itself. How damn stupid is that? And God forbid you contact the software designer in the event you encounter problems such as these. Wouldn't you expect that these things would happen? How can there not be a reverse option and why would you think that there wasn't? Wouldn't you at least ask?????

[Countess]

Are you an engineer, Countess?

Absolutely not. (--: However, I have been a marketing writer, business writer and technical writer (have several things published in the technology industry) and managed the development of technical materials/data for engineering projects.

It is this last job of which I speak. Early on in the program I noticed the engineers were driving the development of, revision of, content of, etc the data, and escalated it several times, pointing out how much money and time we were wasting and that the government would not appreciate it. I even dropped an anonymous note in the suggestion box. The problem went up and down the management chain - lots of talk without anything being done.

I joke sometimes that I can predict the future, but really, I simply have the ability to look at trends/the overall picture and know where the situation is going.

[Countess]

For fun, here's a link to our first newsletter. I wrote the table of contents, the lead article and (I think) there's a customer success story in there I wrote as well:

http://www-03.ibm.com/chips/power/powerpc/newsletter/pdf/oct2000.pdf

[JaneB]

One night my friend was working the emergency room and a lady comes in and said she sprayed RAID in her mouth when asked why, she said “I swallowed a fly and I want to kill it” :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[hyperinsomnia]

Haha, that's great.
Stupidity really gets to me ^_^ I can't stand to be in the same room as someone who says things like "I can't read!" and implys that this is a 'cool' trait to have.

Or people that spell things wrong on purpose, or use those ALT characters.

[kandaurov]

I envy the ignorant and abhor the stupid...

[Countess]

Okay, you guys win. Your stupid people stories are making me laugh.
This should be in the humor section, if we have one.

[Jay]

Okay, you guys win. Your stupid people stories are making me laugh.
This should be in the humor section, if we have one.
That we do! ;) Right here (http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23787)!

[Pendragon]

Warning lables are the really stupid things and must be written for stupid people. Like this:

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/warning.jpg

Well, DUH!

[kandaurov]

Hi, Pen! :wave: Hm, don't want to get political or anything, and don't want to get reprimanded by moderators, but that has to do with the fact that in America, if every danger is not explicitily warned, you just know that you'll wind up getting sued for thousands of dollars because of "material of moral damage"... talk about loopholes and oportunism...

[cuppajoe_9]

My English professor is far from stupid, but I did have an interesting exchange with him in class one day:

"Ok, so tomorrow make sure you've read Keats' 'Ode on a Grecian Urn'."
"What's a Grecian urn?"
(lengthy pause)
"It's a piece of Greek pottery, about this big, kind of like a vase..."

:brickwall

[Dante Wodehouse]

My former english/social studies (history) teacher would answer every question she didn't know (i.e. every question not answered verbatum in the textbook) with 'That's the way God made 'em'. I never knew that God made semicolons, did you?

[Basil]

I never knew that God made semicolons, did you?Oh, I guess you would have us believe semicolons somehow "evolved" from colons? Or that colons and semicolons share a common ancestor, like Australopithecus colonus? What a crock.

:p :p

[neuronicone]

hey,

just 24 hours ago, i started an online conversation with a special friend, i said, hi, i have a bad news.. after a few sec..he said, what? i responded, its about the land here in our place. after after a few minutes, he said, i am stupid.

do i have any right to be mad at him?

[mtpspur]

We had a winner at AAA tonight. A lady that had absolutely nothing wrong with her car wanted to it towed home where she was waiting for it. After much fussing about this unnecessary 'emergency' tow the driver arrives at said restaurant whose manager is holding the keys. He wants the driver to wait 20 minute while said member's meal is cooking and could he please deliver it for him?! A few things said about that. We're not Digourno's Pizza.

[mtpspur]

hey,

just 24 hours ago, i started an online conversation with a special friend, i said, hi, i have a bad news.. after a few sec..he said, what? i responded, its about the land here in our place. after after a few minutes, he said, i am stupid.

do i have any right to be mad at him?

I'm at a loss here. Still not sure what your 'land' bad news was. The stupid remark was uncalled for until evidence was supplied. Friend shouldhave asked for more clarification in my not so humble opinion. As far as mad goes--nah--too much energy.

[Pendragon]

I ordered some knives from an on-line place, as I collect odd, and unusal edged weapons, and have for over 30 years. I get my shipment yesterday, and I'm short 1 knife. This despite the fact that the invoice has been carefully checked off, one item at a time, and a cheerful "Packed with pride by Brittany" card was in the box. So I call customer service. The lady there says: "Are you certain you are missing that knife. I'm showing it was shipped."
I force myself to remain polite. Her next question: "Was the package damaged?" No. "I'll see what I can do." Put on hold for 15 minutes. "I have shipped you a new knife but it will take 7 to 9 business days to reach you." That broke the dam. I pointed out that the mistake was on her end, not mine, and I expected faster shipping. "That would cost us more that the knife is worth." So. Your mistake. Eat the expense, satisfy the customer. I have worked for companys that sold both goods and services. Sometimes you have to suck it up if you flub up. Besides, they ship from Georgia. I live in the edge of VA, near TN. Tracking the package> First it goes to Flordia. Then back up to South Carolina. From there to Roanoak, VA. From there to Bristol, VA, which brings it right past me on I-81. From Bristol-to here. Shorter to just ship from Georgia to Bristol.

[Shalot]

I ordered some knives from an on-line place, as I collect odd, and unusal edged weapons, and have for over 30 years. I get my shipment yesterday, and I'm short 1 knife. This despite the fact that the invoice has been carefully checked off, one item at a time, and a cheerful "Packed with pride by Brittany" card was in the box. So I call customer service. The lady there says: "Are you certain you are missing that knife. I'm showing it was shipped."
I force myself to remain polite. Her next question: "Was the package damaged?" No. "I'll see what I can do." Put on hold for 15 minutes. "I have shipped you a new knife but it will take 7 to 9 business days to reach you." That broke the dam. I pointed out that the mistake was on her end, not mine, and I expected faster shipping. "That would cost us more that the knife is worth." So. Your mistake. Eat the expense, satisfy the customer. I have worked for companys that sold both goods and services. Sometimes you have to suck it up if you flub up. Besides, they ship from Georgia. I live in the edge of VA, near TN. Tracking the package> First it goes to Flordia. Then back up to South Carolina. From there to Roanoak, VA. From there to Bristol, VA, which brings it right past me on I-81. From Bristol-to here. Shorter to just ship from Georgia to Bristol.


Businesses don't think like that anymore. They regard dissatisfied/complaining customers as people who are cutting into their profits. Once you buy something they don't care about you anymore even if the product is defective or not all the parts are there. A customer with a gripe is always regarded with suspicion.

And internet-based businesses are the worst, especially if you're paying for an intangilbe like site access. My co-worker has been ripped off by an online matchmaker company --- she signed up for it, and gave them her credit card, decided she could do better the traditional way and tried to cancel the service/subscription. But every month they would charge her card. And I would overhear her talking to them on the phone and trying to get them to cancel it and stop charging her card, and I was frustrated for her! She was embarrassed about the fact that she had signed up for one of those (D-I-V-O-R-C-E) and didn't want to say what company it was, but I have decided that I will not be purchasing anything over the internet (other than i-tunes, at least you get what you pay for).