I Worry for Our Future

"The only difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits."

                                                  --Unknown

  

     People do stupid things. I am guilty of it as well--but there are times when people simply amaze me; (and not in a good way). Ignorance is a major part of society unfortunately. The reason for my rant began with a simple phone call:

    Me: "Hello, how may I help you?"

    Woman calling: "Yeah...(awkward pause) can I talk to one of the guys there about...?"

 (Insert easy-fix problem, what it was is unimportant to the conversation.)

    Me: "I actually can help you with that."

    Her: (With obvious tone of surprise) "Really?"

No, obviously I just say that out of sheer enjoyment of wasting both my time and yours. Eventually this woman let me help her (which I was perfectly capable of doing), but I was quite annoyed by the fact that she felt I was unable to help her due to the fact that I'm female. I'm female, not incompetent! Grr.

    This won't be a very long entry, but I had another incident a few months ago that shocked me. I was at my job, when I overheard a customer exclaim to her friend: "Look, I have a new quarter! It has Washington on it!"

Seriously??????????

    I just recently watched that Youtube video about the lady who tries to figure out how long it will take a person traveling 80 miles per hour to travel 80 miles. It is rather disconcerting to think that that is the direction our country is going in.

     I'm sure I've heard of thousands of other moments of stupidity, but I can't think of any more to write. This rant is quite long enough anyways.

So whatever road you take, don't take the stupid one. Just please don't. -Lola