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The seemingly innocuous mistakes of morons in society will always cause immeasurable amounts of pain both through wasted time and anxiety. I'm not even that sm
by d33lio 6y ago
The seemingly innocuous mistakes of morons in society will always cause immeasurable amounts of pain both through wasted time and anxiety.
I'm not even that smart, but heck I have a college degree and for me I had to stop assuming others had the best of intentions and / or were as smart as I was. When you just double check and clarify when appropriate - you can avoid dumb pitfalls like this.
For instance, "Here's my bank acct number, can you confirm this is the number you are submitting for the request?" or "thank you officer, I would like to ensure we are on the same page, I understand you underlined this check box, but I'd like to have a new slip without the underline".
Interacting with morons sucks, but if you put a bit of effort into these things, in time you might avoid wasted time or anxiety.
- Jemaclus 6y agoYou seem pretty smart to me. Good advice.
- justaguyhere 6y agoIf there is one thing I have learned, it is this - most people don't care about anything other than themselves. At least in part, it is not their fault - they have their own crappy life to deal with, so why bother having good intentions and care for others (work or otherwise)? It is tolerable most of the time, except when it comes to powerful jobs like cops/doctors/lawyers etc where even a small mistake can wreck someone's life. I had a colleague whose lawyer made a mistake while filing paperwork. He lost his visa and move back to his home country, all because a lawyer (well paid one at that) couldn't bother to do simple paper work correctly. I don't know if it was incompetence or I don't care attitude, my colleague's life is ruined either way.
- giantg2 6y agoI agree. I think in many cases the lawyers are overpaid. I'm doing all the legal leg work for my wife - researching case law, scrutinizing statutes, combing through code, placing calls, and talking to my LEO buddies (they think the officer made a mistake).