Thread: Grr! Stupid people make me sick!

I great man once told me, "We're all equally smart and we're all equally dumb, just about different things."

I try to look at it as an opportunity to teach, to help people grow. I used to just give them the answer, but then they become totally dependent. I now try to make it a learing experience.

Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you'll feed him the rest of his life. Likewise if you build a man a fire, he'll be warm for a day. But, if you set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

Stupid people are my nemesis.
Same for stupid procedures.
Both really get on my nerves, so I try to ignore them, work around them or make them go away.

Originally Posted by DSailing

Whatever happened to “there is no such thing as a dumb question”?

maybe, but there are LOTS of inquisitive idiots!

seriously, though, I'm lucky in that most of my coworkers are also engineers, so apart from occasional theoretical impracticalities, they are a pretty level-headed lot. when I have to deal with non-engineers, though, it very nearly always makes me hate my fellow man; I just stare and wonder how they damaged their brains so that they are incapable of logical thought.

I might add that I've had to start wearing either headphones or earplugs on the train everyday... overhearing the conversations of the average public transit user was enough to make me lose all faith in mankind, and start wishing for the destruction of the species. ignorance is bliss, I suppose.

Originally Posted by sensei_kyle

I great man once told me, "We're all equally smart and we're all equally dumb, just about different things."

I try to look at it as an opportunity to teach, to help people grow. I used to just give them the answer, but then they become totally dependent. I now try to make it a learing experience.

Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you'll feed him the rest of his life. Likewise if you build a man a fire, he'll be warm for a day. But, if you set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

I used to try to make it a learning experience for this bunch, but it becomes immediately clear that they are not only uninterested in learning, they've misinterpreted their entire job. What kills me is it's the same people over and over again. I actually had a complicated funding question that is near and dear to me that I raised and immediately after I said it, one of the aforementioned individuals yelled (no lie, yelled) an answer that was so factually wrong that immediately you know that they just like to talk. It's times like these I wish I could help them be warm for the rest of their lives

There's nothing wrong with asking questions in my book, as long as the inquirer made an honest attempt to think first.

If the questions continue to be utterly retarded, I try to have as much fun as possible with it, rather than getting mad.



Yeah, the side of your hand is one of the most hot-stove-resistant parts of the body, followed by your forehead.

s_kyle,

>>Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you'll feed him the rest of his life. Likewise if you build a man a fire, he'll be warm for a day. But, if you set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.<<

This is a wonderful insight

In the Army, they used to say, "You can what if this s**t all day, son, Just learn the procedure, and then use your best judgement." I think that's a pretty good answer to everyone's what ifs. I am a Paramedic, and often have to mentor students and new medics, they what if every situation, and I give them the same answer. It satisfies them...well...at least it shuts them up.

I have been learning some new procedures, one of which is a safety inspection that requires that you go outside and make sure everything is in place and working. One of my classmates actually asked if we still had to do the inspection in the rain. The instucter was already fed up with this guy so she said "everyone else can skip it but you have to do it twice!" I'm liking my trainer.

Originally Posted by Quick Orange

I have no issues with questions- I ask many of them and try to answer them when I can. But imagine that you had just told me that if I placed my hand on a hot stove, I would burn myself. Simple enough, right? Now imagine that I begin asking questions like "so what if I place my hand lightly? How about if it's the top of my hand? The side too?" These, to me, are stupid questions. The statement "you will burn your hand if you touch it to a hot stove" covers all those questions. If you ask any of those following the original statement, you are not listening and attempting to understand simple concepts. I kid you not, the types of statements made today, as well as the questions, were of exactly the same comprehension difficulty as the above. Hence my frustration
Like I said, I have zero problems with questions. If you're really not sure and clarification is needed, fire away. Otherwise, zip it and actually listen

What if you use your forearms to pick up a hot stove?

I saw Kwai Chang Caine do it on "Kung Fu" as he was leaving the temple, and it left him with some badass tattos.

So: don't touch a hot stove with your hand. Use your forearms!

Originally Posted by Ditch Doc

In the Army, they used to say, "You can what if this s**t all day, son, Just learn the procedure, and then use your best judgement." I think that's a pretty good answer to everyone's what ifs. I am a Paramedic, and often have to mentor students and new medics, they what if every situation, and I give them the same answer. It satisfies them...well...at least it shuts them up.

Holy ****, that's the best thing I've heard yet. That's almost t-shirt worthy!

Thanks guys, I needed this. My day is already better