Non judgemental Question: Am I guilty?
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I've been thinking about this over the past few days... It seems that, both in and out of my work enviroment, I have become increasingly judgemental about stupidity. I have an annoying habit of comparing the work of others (inside the office), and the actions of others (outside the office) to what I would have thought was an intelligent approach. I will be the first to admit that I am not perfect, and a varying number of people will tell you that one should not judge least one get judged themselves. I disagree. I feel surrounded by stupidity. The driver that parks their car in a retarded place causing a huge traffic jam and sits there, blissfully unaware... The policies I set in place at work to ensure that Source code is checked-in, checked out.... "so you edited it without checking it out and lost a days work?". Idiot. You should be fired. Or, how about running a data-import script that doesn't work against a customer database rather than a development one? "you're lucky I made a backup, fool". Idiot: "What would you like to drink?" Me: "Pint of Stella please" And the resultant drink is.... Half a diet coke with ice, no lemon. "What?" I read on news.bbc.co.uk that someone at the new directory enquires number didn't know where Scotland was.... and they have a job? My girlfriend calls me clever. no... I just use my head. So I ask the community... am I being too harsh at hating these people? Is my ego too big... should I get a job of significant power and end their bloodline... Perhaps I should post my article on making an ISAPI.DLL talk to an ATL COM Server that hosts the CLR and passes all info to managed classes. ho hum. When it comes to maths and me, the wheel's going but the hamster's dead. [Edit to change some spelling errors. Maybe I should blame myself?!]
All people are stupid, some are just more stupid than others. My advise is don't think too much about it... it'll only end up making you feel angry, depressed and stop you from enjoying yourself. After all, we're only human. Michael 'Curiosity's always been my downfall' - The Doctor: The Caves of Androzani
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I often have the same feeling, so I would say you're right. On the other hand, a few seconds after the feeling comes up, I realize that I see a mistake made by someone else. The next time, someone else will see me making a mistake. And how would I feel if someone thinks I am extremely stupid and should be fired, just because I made a 'small' mistake. Being stupid and doing stupid things are different things. How was this saying from the bible? Something about a splinter in someone else's hand and a beam in your own eye. So, be patient with your fellow human beings. And learn to live with it, because it won't get any better.
To succeed, you need experience. To get experience, you have to fail. Yes, mistakes play a big part in the journey from apprentice to professional, Woodworker to master craftsman and politician to stinking liar. The cases I cited in my last post (and in general pointed at) were people who really should know better. That's the clincher really. I expect an amateur developer to make 10001 mistakes. I expect a first-time driver to stall the car on a hill, park incorrectly or put his or her car through a shop window. I expect that a person being invited to the bar for the first time may get an order wrong when it is their round. But when we're talking about seasoned developers, 5+ years driving and practiced drinkers making such fundamentally stupid decisions, it gets me thinking. Whoah, you probably think I'm egotistical. Not really. I don't consider myself "above" others and I certainly don't consider myself "learned" in any particular field, in any way shape or form. Einstein himself said that his biggest discovery was that he knew nothing... How true. When it comes to maths and me, the wheel's going but the hamster's dead.
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I've been thinking about this over the past few days... It seems that, both in and out of my work enviroment, I have become increasingly judgemental about stupidity. I have an annoying habit of comparing the work of others (inside the office), and the actions of others (outside the office) to what I would have thought was an intelligent approach. I will be the first to admit that I am not perfect, and a varying number of people will tell you that one should not judge least one get judged themselves. I disagree. I feel surrounded by stupidity. The driver that parks their car in a retarded place causing a huge traffic jam and sits there, blissfully unaware... The policies I set in place at work to ensure that Source code is checked-in, checked out.... "so you edited it without checking it out and lost a days work?". Idiot. You should be fired. Or, how about running a data-import script that doesn't work against a customer database rather than a development one? "you're lucky I made a backup, fool". Idiot: "What would you like to drink?" Me: "Pint of Stella please" And the resultant drink is.... Half a diet coke with ice, no lemon. "What?" I read on news.bbc.co.uk that someone at the new directory enquires number didn't know where Scotland was.... and they have a job? My girlfriend calls me clever. no... I just use my head. So I ask the community... am I being too harsh at hating these people? Is my ego too big... should I get a job of significant power and end their bloodline... Perhaps I should post my article on making an ISAPI.DLL talk to an ATL COM Server that hosts the CLR and passes all info to managed classes. ho hum. When it comes to maths and me, the wheel's going but the hamster's dead. [Edit to change some spelling errors. Maybe I should blame myself?!]
Ben Ashley wrote: I feel surrounded by stupidity. If everyone else is an idiot, that would infer that you're smarter. However, if you allowed yourself to be surrounded in the first place (and by idiots, no less!), how smart could you really be? :-D Chistopher Duncan The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World Unite the Tribes: Ending Turf Wars for Career and Business Success (November, 2003)
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I've been thinking about this over the past few days... It seems that, both in and out of my work enviroment, I have become increasingly judgemental about stupidity. I have an annoying habit of comparing the work of others (inside the office), and the actions of others (outside the office) to what I would have thought was an intelligent approach. I will be the first to admit that I am not perfect, and a varying number of people will tell you that one should not judge least one get judged themselves. I disagree. I feel surrounded by stupidity. The driver that parks their car in a retarded place causing a huge traffic jam and sits there, blissfully unaware... The policies I set in place at work to ensure that Source code is checked-in, checked out.... "so you edited it without checking it out and lost a days work?". Idiot. You should be fired. Or, how about running a data-import script that doesn't work against a customer database rather than a development one? "you're lucky I made a backup, fool". Idiot: "What would you like to drink?" Me: "Pint of Stella please" And the resultant drink is.... Half a diet coke with ice, no lemon. "What?" I read on news.bbc.co.uk that someone at the new directory enquires number didn't know where Scotland was.... and they have a job? My girlfriend calls me clever. no... I just use my head. So I ask the community... am I being too harsh at hating these people? Is my ego too big... should I get a job of significant power and end their bloodline... Perhaps I should post my article on making an ISAPI.DLL talk to an ATL COM Server that hosts the CLR and passes all info to managed classes. ho hum. When it comes to maths and me, the wheel's going but the hamster's dead. [Edit to change some spelling errors. Maybe I should blame myself?!]
Everyday I have to endure at least one idiot. That's the normal level of stupidity in the outside world. Sometimes I've been thinking about why so many people behave so stupid. I don't mean "strange" or "different from what I expected". Many people seem to be just too lazy to use their heads. I won't post any examples, because you know enough already. Of course all of us are tired sometimes, or absent minded, so that we can't think of the easiest ideas. You have to be tolerant to one-time-idiots. But what is going on inside the heads of people who never awake from their stupid phases? And... why the hell do some of them earn more money than we do? Ben Ashley wrote: am I being too harsh at hating these people? "Hate" is a very harsh word. I rather feel sorry for stupid people, because they need help with the easiest questions. But if an idiot asks me the same question ten times a week, or crashes his fifth car driving too fast, I definitly run out of patience. No more pity. Enough is enough. I found a really explaining article about that - hope you forgive me, but I can't translate it to english: http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/inhalt/co/15704/1.html after a fight with the dictionary, i despaired facing the grammar-barrier
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I've been thinking about this over the past few days... It seems that, both in and out of my work enviroment, I have become increasingly judgemental about stupidity. I have an annoying habit of comparing the work of others (inside the office), and the actions of others (outside the office) to what I would have thought was an intelligent approach. I will be the first to admit that I am not perfect, and a varying number of people will tell you that one should not judge least one get judged themselves. I disagree. I feel surrounded by stupidity. The driver that parks their car in a retarded place causing a huge traffic jam and sits there, blissfully unaware... The policies I set in place at work to ensure that Source code is checked-in, checked out.... "so you edited it without checking it out and lost a days work?". Idiot. You should be fired. Or, how about running a data-import script that doesn't work against a customer database rather than a development one? "you're lucky I made a backup, fool". Idiot: "What would you like to drink?" Me: "Pint of Stella please" And the resultant drink is.... Half a diet coke with ice, no lemon. "What?" I read on news.bbc.co.uk that someone at the new directory enquires number didn't know where Scotland was.... and they have a job? My girlfriend calls me clever. no... I just use my head. So I ask the community... am I being too harsh at hating these people? Is my ego too big... should I get a job of significant power and end their bloodline... Perhaps I should post my article on making an ISAPI.DLL talk to an ATL COM Server that hosts the CLR and passes all info to managed classes. ho hum. When it comes to maths and me, the wheel's going but the hamster's dead. [Edit to change some spelling errors. Maybe I should blame myself?!]
Now as much as it pains me to admit it, being a believer in the common man and all, there are some dim bulbs on this Earth of ours. However it seems a lot of people are not stupid, they just don't use their heads. They are lazy. Instead of applying themselves, they would rather make the mistake then raise their hand and get the local office wunder kind to come over and do it for them. The only reason I am the lead developer here is because I don't bloody well give up. I am no genius but I can put two and two together and as you so well put it; I just use my kop. If XYZ does not work then I will try ABC or DGH. Most people though seem to hit a problem, quail in fear and have a smoke break hoping the problem will have gone away when they get back to their desks. I will try anything and everything, something will work. Naturally you want to try and do it in a smart way and not just a shotgun way, but that is not always possible. So in my round about way what I am trying to say is; A lot of those people we think are stupid, aren't. They are either lazy, won't apply themselves or lack the basic problem solving thinking which is so critical to development. It is hard to learn the later though. What bugs me are people who have potential and talent, and waste it, who don't apply themselves. That drives me up the wall. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Miszou wrote: I have read the entire internet. on how boring his day was. Crikey! ain't life grand?
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I've been thinking about this over the past few days... It seems that, both in and out of my work enviroment, I have become increasingly judgemental about stupidity. I have an annoying habit of comparing the work of others (inside the office), and the actions of others (outside the office) to what I would have thought was an intelligent approach. I will be the first to admit that I am not perfect, and a varying number of people will tell you that one should not judge least one get judged themselves. I disagree. I feel surrounded by stupidity. The driver that parks their car in a retarded place causing a huge traffic jam and sits there, blissfully unaware... The policies I set in place at work to ensure that Source code is checked-in, checked out.... "so you edited it without checking it out and lost a days work?". Idiot. You should be fired. Or, how about running a data-import script that doesn't work against a customer database rather than a development one? "you're lucky I made a backup, fool". Idiot: "What would you like to drink?" Me: "Pint of Stella please" And the resultant drink is.... Half a diet coke with ice, no lemon. "What?" I read on news.bbc.co.uk that someone at the new directory enquires number didn't know where Scotland was.... and they have a job? My girlfriend calls me clever. no... I just use my head. So I ask the community... am I being too harsh at hating these people? Is my ego too big... should I get a job of significant power and end their bloodline... Perhaps I should post my article on making an ISAPI.DLL talk to an ATL COM Server that hosts the CLR and passes all info to managed classes. ho hum. When it comes to maths and me, the wheel's going but the hamster's dead. [Edit to change some spelling errors. Maybe I should blame myself?!]
Tap tap tap... Open Query Analyzer, connect to customer server...
USE _database_SELECT * FROM _table_F5 highlight SELECT *DELETEF5 :doh: forgot theWHEREclause... :omg::omg::omg: Copy data back from saved copy of database... Not me, but he knows who he is. -
I've been thinking about this over the past few days... It seems that, both in and out of my work enviroment, I have become increasingly judgemental about stupidity. I have an annoying habit of comparing the work of others (inside the office), and the actions of others (outside the office) to what I would have thought was an intelligent approach. I will be the first to admit that I am not perfect, and a varying number of people will tell you that one should not judge least one get judged themselves. I disagree. I feel surrounded by stupidity. The driver that parks their car in a retarded place causing a huge traffic jam and sits there, blissfully unaware... The policies I set in place at work to ensure that Source code is checked-in, checked out.... "so you edited it without checking it out and lost a days work?". Idiot. You should be fired. Or, how about running a data-import script that doesn't work against a customer database rather than a development one? "you're lucky I made a backup, fool". Idiot: "What would you like to drink?" Me: "Pint of Stella please" And the resultant drink is.... Half a diet coke with ice, no lemon. "What?" I read on news.bbc.co.uk that someone at the new directory enquires number didn't know where Scotland was.... and they have a job? My girlfriend calls me clever. no... I just use my head. So I ask the community... am I being too harsh at hating these people? Is my ego too big... should I get a job of significant power and end their bloodline... Perhaps I should post my article on making an ISAPI.DLL talk to an ATL COM Server that hosts the CLR and passes all info to managed classes. ho hum. When it comes to maths and me, the wheel's going but the hamster's dead. [Edit to change some spelling errors. Maybe I should blame myself?!]
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Ben Ashley wrote: So I ask the community... am I being too harsh at hating these people? Is my ego too big... Yes. Not everyone is blessed with the same abilities, in more ways than intelligence. It's far better to be kind to those who can't cope as well as you can. I'm not saying it's not irritating - it can be! Here's a typical example from my life which I'm always tempted to get impatient about: I go to the supermarket. In the UK the idea of packing customers bags for them is a new one which supermarkets are advertising in an attempt to draw more of us in. Tesco's have a policy where the person at the till will ask if you need help packing your bags. Now as the items run down a conveyor belt at a constant speed the answer "if I can't cope" seems reasonable to me. In other words, don't bother unless you see I'm in trouble. However, I've yet to meet someone at the tills who can cope with this answer. They only understand "yes" or "no". If I say "yes" they waste loads of time packing for me. If I say "no" and don't pack fast enough they will not stop the belt to help. The point is, if they were intelligent enough to deal with these things possibly they wouldn't be working at a till in Tesco's. Of course, there are perfectly intelligent people doing those jobs as well, for a multitude of reasons. But if you run across someone who can't cope with intelligence and they are in a simple job, rather smile, be kind, and feel grateful that you are able to appreciate the intricacies of life better than they are. :)
Look at the world about you and trust to your own convictions. - Ansel Adams
Meg's World - Blog Photography - The product of my passionMegan Forbes wrote: In the UK the idea of packing customers bags for them is a new one which supermarkets are advertising in an attempt to draw more of us in. Amazing! At no time in my life has it been acceptable for a customer to pack the bags. This has always been a service that we take for granted, though meny times I've wished that the store would let me do it (watermelons do not go on top of the eggs, fool!). The only exception I've ever seen was a tiny neighborhood store in the mountains where I used to live, where there was only one employee and no space for carts. The customers bagged as they shopped, and the bags were opened one at a time and totaled at the checkout. That store, btw, acheived a minor fame when one of the Star Trek movies was filmed in the area. The Enterprise 'crew' shopped there for supplies while on location, which resulted in a tshirt being commissioned - "Johnnies Fantastic Market, Crestline, CA, USA, Planet Earth... Where the crew of the USS Enterprise Stops To Shop". Been there, got the tshirt, wore it yesterday.:-D "Some people are like Slinkies... not really good for anything,
but you still can't help but smile when you see one
tumble down the stairs." -
I've been thinking about this over the past few days... It seems that, both in and out of my work enviroment, I have become increasingly judgemental about stupidity. I have an annoying habit of comparing the work of others (inside the office), and the actions of others (outside the office) to what I would have thought was an intelligent approach. I will be the first to admit that I am not perfect, and a varying number of people will tell you that one should not judge least one get judged themselves. I disagree. I feel surrounded by stupidity. The driver that parks their car in a retarded place causing a huge traffic jam and sits there, blissfully unaware... The policies I set in place at work to ensure that Source code is checked-in, checked out.... "so you edited it without checking it out and lost a days work?". Idiot. You should be fired. Or, how about running a data-import script that doesn't work against a customer database rather than a development one? "you're lucky I made a backup, fool". Idiot: "What would you like to drink?" Me: "Pint of Stella please" And the resultant drink is.... Half a diet coke with ice, no lemon. "What?" I read on news.bbc.co.uk that someone at the new directory enquires number didn't know where Scotland was.... and they have a job? My girlfriend calls me clever. no... I just use my head. So I ask the community... am I being too harsh at hating these people? Is my ego too big... should I get a job of significant power and end their bloodline... Perhaps I should post my article on making an ISAPI.DLL talk to an ATL COM Server that hosts the CLR and passes all info to managed classes. ho hum. When it comes to maths and me, the wheel's going but the hamster's dead. [Edit to change some spelling errors. Maybe I should blame myself?!]
Some things I have learned that might apply to your question: - If you're around somebody long enough, you can learn enough about them to rip them up one side and down the other, no matter how intelligent they think they are. - Being judgemental in itself is not bad, but condemning people subsequent to the judgement is bad. - Most of us are not aware of what we ourselves have been forgiven and being aware of that might temper what we think of others. - Life is tough and people (even stupid people) go through situations that are not easily solved. Instead, I ended up standing with them, giving them comfrot when I could, and basically learning to have compassion upon them. Sean Winstead
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Megan Forbes wrote: In the UK the idea of packing customers bags for them is a new one which supermarkets are advertising in an attempt to draw more of us in. Amazing! At no time in my life has it been acceptable for a customer to pack the bags. This has always been a service that we take for granted, though meny times I've wished that the store would let me do it (watermelons do not go on top of the eggs, fool!). The only exception I've ever seen was a tiny neighborhood store in the mountains where I used to live, where there was only one employee and no space for carts. The customers bagged as they shopped, and the bags were opened one at a time and totaled at the checkout. That store, btw, acheived a minor fame when one of the Star Trek movies was filmed in the area. The Enterprise 'crew' shopped there for supplies while on location, which resulted in a tshirt being commissioned - "Johnnies Fantastic Market, Crestline, CA, USA, Planet Earth... Where the crew of the USS Enterprise Stops To Shop". Been there, got the tshirt, wore it yesterday.:-D "Some people are like Slinkies... not really good for anything,
but you still can't help but smile when you see one
tumble down the stairs."Roger Wright wrote: At no time in my life has it been acceptable for a customer to pack the bags Sounds like home. I'm still trying to train Brendan now that we're in the UK. "No my love, if you stare at the items as they roll down the conveyor belt they won't pack themselves, but rather start rolling over onto the floor." He's a daydreamer, and ever so cute... :) :love:
Look at the world about you and trust to your own convictions. - Ansel Adams
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Ben Ashley wrote: So I ask the community... am I being too harsh at hating these people? Is my ego too big... Yes. Not everyone is blessed with the same abilities, in more ways than intelligence. It's far better to be kind to those who can't cope as well as you can. I'm not saying it's not irritating - it can be! Here's a typical example from my life which I'm always tempted to get impatient about: I go to the supermarket. In the UK the idea of packing customers bags for them is a new one which supermarkets are advertising in an attempt to draw more of us in. Tesco's have a policy where the person at the till will ask if you need help packing your bags. Now as the items run down a conveyor belt at a constant speed the answer "if I can't cope" seems reasonable to me. In other words, don't bother unless you see I'm in trouble. However, I've yet to meet someone at the tills who can cope with this answer. They only understand "yes" or "no". If I say "yes" they waste loads of time packing for me. If I say "no" and don't pack fast enough they will not stop the belt to help. The point is, if they were intelligent enough to deal with these things possibly they wouldn't be working at a till in Tesco's. Of course, there are perfectly intelligent people doing those jobs as well, for a multitude of reasons. But if you run across someone who can't cope with intelligence and they are in a simple job, rather smile, be kind, and feel grateful that you are able to appreciate the intricacies of life better than they are. :)
Look at the world about you and trust to your own convictions. - Ansel Adams
Meg's World - Blog Photography - The product of my passionYou're quite right. If somebody was efficient and intelligent they wouldn't have to resort to such mind-numbing jobs as packing bags in a supermarket, or passing produce over the machine that (hopefully) goes "ping". On the flipside, intelligent people who have to find any work they can due to necessity, should seek work in Bars... When it comes to maths and me, the wheel's going but the hamster's dead.
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Ben Ashley wrote: I feel surrounded by stupidity. If everyone else is an idiot, that would infer that you're smarter. However, if you allowed yourself to be surrounded in the first place (and by idiots, no less!), how smart could you really be? :-D Chistopher Duncan The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World Unite the Tribes: Ending Turf Wars for Career and Business Success (November, 2003)
How true! :-) However, sometimes our situation does not always allow for us to pick and choose our cohorts. Friends, yes. Enemies, even. Co-workers, not always. When it comes to maths and me, the wheel's going but the hamster's dead.
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I've been thinking about this over the past few days... It seems that, both in and out of my work enviroment, I have become increasingly judgemental about stupidity. I have an annoying habit of comparing the work of others (inside the office), and the actions of others (outside the office) to what I would have thought was an intelligent approach. I will be the first to admit that I am not perfect, and a varying number of people will tell you that one should not judge least one get judged themselves. I disagree. I feel surrounded by stupidity. The driver that parks their car in a retarded place causing a huge traffic jam and sits there, blissfully unaware... The policies I set in place at work to ensure that Source code is checked-in, checked out.... "so you edited it without checking it out and lost a days work?". Idiot. You should be fired. Or, how about running a data-import script that doesn't work against a customer database rather than a development one? "you're lucky I made a backup, fool". Idiot: "What would you like to drink?" Me: "Pint of Stella please" And the resultant drink is.... Half a diet coke with ice, no lemon. "What?" I read on news.bbc.co.uk that someone at the new directory enquires number didn't know where Scotland was.... and they have a job? My girlfriend calls me clever. no... I just use my head. So I ask the community... am I being too harsh at hating these people? Is my ego too big... should I get a job of significant power and end their bloodline... Perhaps I should post my article on making an ISAPI.DLL talk to an ATL COM Server that hosts the CLR and passes all info to managed classes. ho hum. When it comes to maths and me, the wheel's going but the hamster's dead. [Edit to change some spelling errors. Maybe I should blame myself?!]
I'd be cautious with the criticism, as even stupid people find plenty to criticize in others. I assume that God loves stupid people, else He wouldn't have made so many of them, and it just isn't smart to tempt fate by attacking them. Feel free to assault the intelligent but ignorant ones, though. Nobody likes them, and it's their own fault. "Some people are like Slinkies... not really good for anything,
but you still can't help but smile when you see one
tumble down the stairs." -
Ben Ashley wrote: So I ask the community... am I being too harsh at hating these people? Is my ego too big... Yes. Not everyone is blessed with the same abilities, in more ways than intelligence. It's far better to be kind to those who can't cope as well as you can. I'm not saying it's not irritating - it can be! Here's a typical example from my life which I'm always tempted to get impatient about: I go to the supermarket. In the UK the idea of packing customers bags for them is a new one which supermarkets are advertising in an attempt to draw more of us in. Tesco's have a policy where the person at the till will ask if you need help packing your bags. Now as the items run down a conveyor belt at a constant speed the answer "if I can't cope" seems reasonable to me. In other words, don't bother unless you see I'm in trouble. However, I've yet to meet someone at the tills who can cope with this answer. They only understand "yes" or "no". If I say "yes" they waste loads of time packing for me. If I say "no" and don't pack fast enough they will not stop the belt to help. The point is, if they were intelligent enough to deal with these things possibly they wouldn't be working at a till in Tesco's. Of course, there are perfectly intelligent people doing those jobs as well, for a multitude of reasons. But if you run across someone who can't cope with intelligence and they are in a simple job, rather smile, be kind, and feel grateful that you are able to appreciate the intricacies of life better than they are. :)
Look at the world about you and trust to your own convictions. - Ansel Adams
Meg's World - Blog Photography - The product of my passionMegan Forbes wrote: if they were intelligent enough to deal with these things possibly they wouldn't be working at a till in Tesco's I think that's the core of the answer :-) Well said :-D Paul ;)
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I've been thinking about this over the past few days... It seems that, both in and out of my work enviroment, I have become increasingly judgemental about stupidity. I have an annoying habit of comparing the work of others (inside the office), and the actions of others (outside the office) to what I would have thought was an intelligent approach. I will be the first to admit that I am not perfect, and a varying number of people will tell you that one should not judge least one get judged themselves. I disagree. I feel surrounded by stupidity. The driver that parks their car in a retarded place causing a huge traffic jam and sits there, blissfully unaware... The policies I set in place at work to ensure that Source code is checked-in, checked out.... "so you edited it without checking it out and lost a days work?". Idiot. You should be fired. Or, how about running a data-import script that doesn't work against a customer database rather than a development one? "you're lucky I made a backup, fool". Idiot: "What would you like to drink?" Me: "Pint of Stella please" And the resultant drink is.... Half a diet coke with ice, no lemon. "What?" I read on news.bbc.co.uk that someone at the new directory enquires number didn't know where Scotland was.... and they have a job? My girlfriend calls me clever. no... I just use my head. So I ask the community... am I being too harsh at hating these people? Is my ego too big... should I get a job of significant power and end their bloodline... Perhaps I should post my article on making an ISAPI.DLL talk to an ATL COM Server that hosts the CLR and passes all info to managed classes. ho hum. When it comes to maths and me, the wheel's going but the hamster's dead. [Edit to change some spelling errors. Maybe I should blame myself?!]
Well, let's score you: Male: +10 White: +25 Non-American: -15 Your score: 20. Yes, you're guilty of being an oppresive white-male, but fortunatly for you, you don't have the American tag attached, which earns you points. However, we're going to find you guilty of unspecified crimes aganst all non-whites and all women, weither or not you personally have done anything, because you have indirectly benifited from being a white male. Note: this is only SLIGHTLY tounge in cheek. As for the rest of your problems, have some Earl Grey, read Calvin and Hobbs, and watch the sunset. Park your car on the roadway, too, so that the honking of horns adds to the effect.
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Now as much as it pains me to admit it, being a believer in the common man and all, there are some dim bulbs on this Earth of ours. However it seems a lot of people are not stupid, they just don't use their heads. They are lazy. Instead of applying themselves, they would rather make the mistake then raise their hand and get the local office wunder kind to come over and do it for them. The only reason I am the lead developer here is because I don't bloody well give up. I am no genius but I can put two and two together and as you so well put it; I just use my kop. If XYZ does not work then I will try ABC or DGH. Most people though seem to hit a problem, quail in fear and have a smoke break hoping the problem will have gone away when they get back to their desks. I will try anything and everything, something will work. Naturally you want to try and do it in a smart way and not just a shotgun way, but that is not always possible. So in my round about way what I am trying to say is; A lot of those people we think are stupid, aren't. They are either lazy, won't apply themselves or lack the basic problem solving thinking which is so critical to development. It is hard to learn the later though. What bugs me are people who have potential and talent, and waste it, who don't apply themselves. That drives me up the wall. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Miszou wrote: I have read the entire internet. on how boring his day was. Crikey! ain't life grand?
Like yourself, I am a lead developer and can sympathise with you when you say that others just give up and it's up to you bust the roadblock and make something happen. My situation at the moment might be considered a nightmare by some and run-of-the-mill by others. We have an extraordinary amount of workload on at the moment. More than can be done in a day, even with overtime (you don't always want to do overtime). Some developers have said "I should quit" or "why do I have to put up with this crap?". My answer? A quote from a football coach, surprisingly... (paraphrased slightly)... "It's difficult enough rowing a sinking boat to shore without some guy getting up and putting his life jacket on". Some of those developers, are those stupid people I have been ranting about. If they applied their brain, perhaps there wouldn't be so much work to do. Conversely, should they be employed at all? I once did an analysis of workload, which worked out that, given a developer producing crap code, if you got rid of him, would more work be created for the rest of the dev team? my findings were interesting... On the surface, it seems like there is more work to do, but the team would spend less time fixing bad code, that the end situation was less work... When it comes to maths and me, the wheel's going but the hamster's dead.
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I'd be cautious with the criticism, as even stupid people find plenty to criticize in others. I assume that God loves stupid people, else He wouldn't have made so many of them, and it just isn't smart to tempt fate by attacking them. Feel free to assault the intelligent but ignorant ones, though. Nobody likes them, and it's their own fault. "Some people are like Slinkies... not really good for anything,
but you still can't help but smile when you see one
tumble down the stairs."Roger Wright wrote: I assume that God loves stupid people, else He wouldn't have made so many of them, and it just isn't smart to tempt fate by attacking them. :)
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I'd be cautious with the criticism, as even stupid people find plenty to criticize in others. I assume that God loves stupid people, else He wouldn't have made so many of them, and it just isn't smart to tempt fate by attacking them. Feel free to assault the intelligent but ignorant ones, though. Nobody likes them, and it's their own fault. "Some people are like Slinkies... not really good for anything,
but you still can't help but smile when you see one
tumble down the stairs."Stupid peoples' critisms are worth nothing unless backed up by evidence :-) But seriously, you can spot a genius and an idiot in the same room as easy as a Gonkdar(that's idiot radar to the non-initiated). The idiot will be the one spouting off how easy it is to do *this*... the genius will be the quiet one... When it comes to maths and me, the wheel's going but the hamster's dead.