Summer job 1969, guy says, "All I learned in chemistry is that an acid is stronger than a base."
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps
Yes. Had an electrician that worked in the same department as I. He was dumb as crap and always said stupid stuff. I use to tell him, "If you have something to say, be quiet, otherwise shutup!"
I do that a lot. On purpose.
It's funny. Some whose candle burn pretty bright, grin. They get it.
Others, those just flickering occasionally, think I'm dumb.
Then you have the ones smoldering, "mule meet gate/gate meet mule."
I enjoy the middle group the most. Most are certain they are "real smart".
Parents who say they have good kids..Usually don't!
I had a roofing business, I thought everyone was just high on something. Worked with some that had no concept of gravity or high voltage hazards. lol
I ended up getting a govt job with a team of civil eng, I got to be the dumb guy for 11 years there. It was bliss. Drive around for 5 or 6 hours with a GPS logging manhole lids in the street for $30 bucks an hour. Rainy days, just sit around the shop and shoot the chit with the chief about smallmouth bass and fat chicks.
Comes to mind, the old, There is no one so stupid they can't tell me something I don't know. No one so smart, there is something I can tell them they don't know.
These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"
Building full of Air Traffic Controllers. On site we had a Dr. performing the yearly medical exams for the Controllers. Though not specifically required for the exam, he virtually insisted on giving the men a digital prostate exam. So a bunch of guys and 'Donna' were sitting in the coffee 'shop', one of which had just been to see the Doc. Naturally the discussion turned to the 'digital' exam.... 'ever notice that finger has no wrinkles' (he was about 80) ... 'did he take of his Blue Angels, 6 plane, diamond formation, ring' ... 'did he have a hand on EACH shoulder' ... and on, and on........... to which 'Donna' opines.....
'...he never does that to me...'
Bless her heart!!
"...A man's rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box and the cartridge box..." Frederick Douglass, 1867
Yes.... I’ve had the displeasure of working with “domocrats”! memtb
You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel
“I’d like to be a good rifleman…..but, I prefer to be a good hunter”! memtb 2024
I’ve worked with some real winners. I freeze water bottles to keep my lunch cool. I had a black plumber ask me how I got that big piece of ice through that little hole. He was very serious, wasn’t fuucking with me.
What'd you tell him?
I was so flabbergasted I could not think of something smart to say. I told him I put them in the freezer. He dumassed himself out of a job by cutting a live gas line in a classroom to make a repair. He was too lazy to go on roof, turn valve off.
Even before you got your education and became a professional?
Yep. My work prior was for an Italian family running a produce market. I worked for them from age 11 through my first summer out of college. Simply sharp they were.
Yes. A bunch. I worked for a utility, started as an EE eventually became a division manager with about 110 working under me. I found that there’s a lot of just stupid people out there. And then there’s those that are just “dumb like a fox”
But you gotta realize... at least half the people in the world have below average intelligence. That’s simple math.
A lot of these idiots were engineers also.
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Life (and forums) is like a box of animal crackers----There's a Jackass in every box
I’ve worked with some real winners. I freeze water bottles to keep my lunch cool. I had a black plumber ask me how I got that big piece of ice through that little hole. He was very serious, wasn’t fuucking with me.
A few for sure but they're not the ones that piss me off, I can deal with stupid because the stupid can at least learn the limited task at hand you just don't expect much.
The ones that piss me off are the ones that are lazy with a bad work ethic that don't even try to understand or learn. usually they're lazy ass entitled liberal college kids.
Paul
"I'd rather see a sermon than hear a sermon".... D.A.D.
Trump Won!, Sandmann Won!, Rittenhouse Won!, Suck it Liberal Fuuktards.
I worked for a sporting goods store in college and we sold live bait. Every January we'd get at least one of the cashiers convinced to go to where the live minnow tanks were kept and try to count the minnows during inventory.
I can walk on water.......................but I do stagger a bit on alcohol.
