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You’ll Never Understand Incompetence
You just have to deal with it.
Some people just can’t person. Scientists have yet to discover the gene for total incompetence. They probably never will.
Take my boss, for example.
One time he enrolled 50 students into a classroom with 20 desks. He also scheduled three courses in the same room at the same time. After saving the day, I showed him how to use spreadsheets.
“You’re amazing at this,” he said the second time. “Maybe we should make it part of your job.” When I glared, he said he was kidding.
But then it actually happened.
Underlings like me have taken over about half of our boss’s responsibilities. When we start to complain, he tells us to delegate more.
“Delegate to who?” we ask.
Our boss looks at us like we’re the morons. “Each other,” he says.
Stop wondering what’s wrong with people.
Rumor has it that our president spends hours in his office drinking wine and taking selfies. I thought, “Pics or it didn’t happen.”
That was a lie. Because when I finally saw pics, my mind almost broke. It couldn’t accept the information.
