Thread: Grr! Stupid people make me sick!

Originally Posted by DSailing

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

What if it was your intolerance to questions that was the problem and not the question themselves?

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

yeah but lets say it was your foot.......... sneaking out now!

What if the stove's temperature wasn't turned all the way up to "High"? What if it were set only to "2"?

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 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.