Comments on: Stupidity Assumes Stupidity or Stupid is as Stupid Does

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 03:13:47 +0000

This reminds me of the day our eldest daughter began her very first job, at a brand-new Winn Dixie store. They trained for weeks and on grand opening day the store was packed. I stopped by mid-morning to get a few things and got in her queue. Things were going slowly in all lines; the cashiers, down to a man, were greenhorn (but conscientious) teenagers. The very elderly gentleman in front of me (I know he had so many places he had to be that day) caught my eye and began criticising my daughter\’s level of training and intelligence. YES … I clued him in as to her identity (my straight-A offspring, thank you very much) and he got real quiet and ignored me the rest of the time. A cautionary tale as it were … you never know when you may be ragging on someone to their relative!

By: Keli

Keli — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 02:23:10 +0000

Starlily:
I’m afraid I too have had experience with complete idiots who say things about you to others within hearing distance. Most irritating!
Julianne:
Perhaps you can go on a spelling clean-up crusade in the South. It would be a good way to get attention and then you can write a book about it!
Dawn:
That is a genius suggestion; I will do a post on mis-pronouncers as I’ve recently been bombarded with them.

By: Keli

Keli — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 02:19:57 +0000

Sarah:
Stupers rarely seek help. They think (oops, I mean they don’t think) they don’t need any.
Suzie:
Although it’s often males with this ego issue, I’ve had my share of females make idiot assumptions too.
Jillian:
I think that’s great that you know more than most guys about football! And yes, the upper hand makes stupers feel important. They gotta take whatever they can get.
Maribeth:
I’m all for silent satisfaction. That’s the course I recommend, but I didn’t wish to walk anymore holes with that particular dad so I had to take action.

By: dawn

dawn — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:02:29 +0000

Great post Keli… I am a spelling snob too although I rarely correct anyone. I think you should do a post on mis-pronouncer’s as well. I know this guy who calls a portfolio a “portpolio” and I HAVE corrected him… but have since given up… it’s a waste of time

By: Julianne

Julianne — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:17:57 +0000

I’m a total spelling snob. I refuse to patron places of business that have spelling errors in their signs. In the deep south, this doesn’t leave me with many dining or entertainment options.

By: Starlily

Starlily — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 22:43:01 +0000

Keli, I thought this article really fit well with your previous post of patience overcoming dealing with stupers…Good for you to so politely & gently put “Mr Golf Expert” in his place

I find myself often just keeping my mouth shut and letting people assume… Sometimes though, you just have to say something. Especially annoying are people who make (false) assumptions about you within hearing distance, but to someone else. How rude!

By: Maribeth

Maribeth — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:16:40 +0000

You know what they say about people who assume too much.
I have often found myself wanting to correct people such as you have described(I have on occassion) but mostly I get a silent satisfaction knowing that they haven’t a clue.:)

By: Jillian

Jillian — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 06:08:46 +0000

Not only did the guy assume you didn’t know anything, he abandoned you when he realized he was wrong. What is it with people? Why do some people always feel the need to have the “upper hand” in a conversation? Bleh.

This happens to me a lot with Football. Guys assume I don’t even understand the sport and a lot of times I know more than they do. Jerks.

Misspelled signs ALWAYS make laugh.

By: Suzie

Suzie — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:57:37 +0000

The Male ego! Sometimes you wonder, why do they assume we don’t know anything? I was talking with a few people at a party; one of the men was talking about Llamas, (I was the only female there). He looked at me and said, “do you know what a Llama is?” I could have strangled him!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:18:03 +0000

I went to a Chinese restaurant and their menu had many spelling errors on it. For example, instead of “Flank steak” they had “Frank steak”. At least their errors could be blamed on not knowing the language properly. But then again, they could have sought help. But stupers don’t seek help all that often do they?