Stupidness

I feel that I should get paid triple for any issue that is related to people being completely stupid in their activities and their actions. There are also levels of stupidness, and lately, they have all been happening. Let me explain.

 

Level One of Stupidness – this is for the person who knows no better, and they act like they know more. Instead of asking for help, they just start pressing random buttons, hoping to solve the problem. And in addition, they did not keep track of what they were doing when they were pressing the buttons. Acts on this level deserve a good *Whack* behind the head.

 

Level Two of Stupidness – this is for the person who knows better, has shown signs of life inside of their head, and they have suddenly forgotten everything. This usually occurs when the person has moved their office – either from a building to another building or even when they change departments. Suddenly, it is like they are using a computer all over again. There are signs of lapses of brain activity, the symptom is usually forgetting the answer to a question I had already answered 5 times in the past week. Asking me again, is not going to get you a different answer. I’m not the stupid one, so don’t ask me the same question again. Acts on this level deserve a good *kick* in the butt.

 

Level Three of Stupidness – inactivity of any sort. This is usually when someone gets a brand new laptop, gets home access, and they promptly wait 3 months to turn any of them on and then wonder why the password has expired. This is not my fault and I should not be bothered about these issues. This level should be at least triple pay for myself. Acts on this level deserve a good *smack* across the face along with the *kick* and the *whack*.

 

Level Four of Stupidness – any combination of the first three levels of stupidness. This is the ultimate person who shows no signs of being able to ever really work with a computer. They are the biggest PITAs and they have an air of entitlement. For the punishment for this level, they should be required to partake in training and all of the above punishments.

 

And anyone showing these signs, impact my job. It is my job to cure their stupidness or to hold their hands. It is enough to drive someone to the edge. I did not sign up for this job to hold hands and to cuddle people when they are afraid of the power button.

Another cure for this stupidness would be to take their mouse and keyboard away – to visually shame them – to make them an example – to show everyone else around them, they are so stupid, they can’t be trusted with keyboards or mice.

 

Just another day as a frustrated non-profit accidential-but almost trained techie.