Re: Why are there so many incompetent boobs?
kickycan wrote:From the idiot who fills up the Pepsi machine where I work, who repeatedly puts diet pepsi in the slot for Pepsi, to the cashier, who when my total comes to $20.35, can't understand that I'm giving them $21.10 so that I can get quarters back in my change, and looks at me like I'm purposely trying to ruin her day with that incredibly hard math problem, it seems like more and more people are just plain incompetent, and are fine with that. I believe it is because there are no consequences for stupid actions anymore.
Before going any further with this line of reasoning I suggest you provide some kind of evidence that incompetancy is increasing. Personal anecdotes are worthless.
I have to disagree. It seems to me that complaining about societies general incompetancy is ubiquitous to every age and every society.
Quote:The guy who fills up the Pepsi machine? There's a number to call if there's a problem. I've called it, and after going through several menus, the line goes dead. The cashier? she can't do math because her teacher is too busy dealing with the little hoodlums in the class that a kid who is quiet and stupid gets pushed right on through to the next grade. President Bush starts a war based on completely false "evidence" and it's okay, because we're all "safer" now.
Isn't it about time people started being held accountable for their actions?
I don't think the solution (if you want to call it that) to the general incompetancy in our society is as facile as that.
You have to draw a distinction between people who
choose to act in an incompetant manner and people who lack the intellectual capacity to go beyond thier incompetancy.
For example: The cashier vs the Pepsi dude.
Pepsi-boy loads the machine wrong because it is easier and there are no consequences. In this case, increased accountability would probably solve the problem. If the Pepsi-fool knew that mis-loading the machine was a fireable offense he would almost certainly take the extra few seconds to ensure that his job was done correctly.
On the other hand, take the example of the cashier. If the cashier at your local Anal Sex Depot is hopelessly confounded when you give her an extra ten cents, it is likely that she is simply incapable of working out the math in her head. No amount of accountability is going to fix her intellectual bankruptcy.
I am in tears after reading dupre's post. I mean... What an optomist! Instead of complaining about all the crapy stuff, just look at all the pleasent people surrounding you, if any... Seriously, I did enjoy your post, but I enjoy my non-optomistic views, so I'll just stick with that. 