How do you treat stupid people?

[Barnabas]

I just had posted this in the I am a nice guy but.. thread


"The only stupid people I hate are those who are stupid and mean spirited, otherwise I am very tolerant with stupid people, most stupid people are in fact good people."

[Koyaanisqatsi]

I don't mind dealing with people who are numb, although that's often because I don't really do anything differently than I would if they weren't numb and let them keep up as they can. I do get frustrated sometimes, but, oh well.

What I find far more annoying is how much of the world is set up for people that are stupid. Things like entertainment, advertising, education, etc....that bothers me and vaguely insults me, since as a member of this culture I'm supposedly one of the people that this stuff targets.

[Jon Miller]

Originally posted by Asher
I get frustrated easily by people who aren't on my wavelength. That goes for many things: intelligence, opinions, religions, etc.

I generally like talking to people who tihnk differently then me.

Luckily that is most people.

Jn Miller

[Asher]

Originally posted by Jon Miller
I generally like talking to people who tihnk differently then me.

Luckily that is most people.

Jn Miller

It's one thing to Think Different^TM, it's another for them to be totally out to lunch.

Like communists talking economic theory, for instance.

[Dis]

[DaShi]

This isn't worth my time.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Asher
It's one thing to Think Different^TM, it's another for them to be totally out to lunch.

Like communists talking economic theory, for instance.

This is deliciously ironic.

The funnist post in a long time

[joncha]

[DinoDoc]

I get paid to tolerate being around them for hours on end.

[MrFun]

(response to thread title)


I work as a cashier at Super Target -- do you want me to count the ways??

[MrFun]

Ok, I exaggerate but here's a list of what some of the customers have done:

leave their cart behind in the middle of the lane when they walk out of the store

spend about five minutes figuring out the self-explanatory card reader for their debit/credit card

slap their kid or yell at their kid as if that will not escalate the situation

leave items that they decided against buying by the checklane items, endcap items, or on top of one of the fridges -- where they don't belong -- instead, it makes sense to give them to me directly


Thank god most customers don't do these stupid things, but still . . . . . . .

[Urban Ranger]

Stupidity is not the same as ignorance.

I get frustrated when people can't understand simple concepts (I am not talking about the curvature of space here) dispite being me explaining them multiple times. I make a partial exception for those who are 70 years and over. Otherwise I try to igore them.

[Winston]

Re: How do you treat stupid people?

I'm afraid no cure has been found yet, but I heard they're working on it.

[Axxaer]

Originally posted by Koyaanisqatsi
I don't mind dealing with people who are numb, although that's often because I don't really do anything differently than I would if they weren't numb and let them keep up as they can. I do get frustrated sometimes, but, oh well.

I'm not sure there, sometimes numb people have alot of trouble keeping up.

[Saras]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger
I get frustrated when people can't understand simple concepts.

That's rich, coming from a Tiananmen Square massacre denier and comparer of Vilnius TV tower storming with Granada takedown.