What, again?

I know I've posted about stupidity before. But you know how it irks me.

So today I want to mention two particular odd (meaning stupid) events. One of which I read online. The other I was actually part of. Although luckily, I was not the stupid party. This time. lol

So I'm at work reading the news online. I hear about this story in Kentucky, I am pretty sure it was. And yes, I know, some of you are going "Oh of course, Kentucky." Maybe so. This is how the story goes. Police seize a semi truck full of marijuana in one city. That's pot, mary jane, dope, weed, etc, to those who don't know. 1,700 pounds of it in the truck. Almost a ton. Police from the city it was seized in, and sherriff's deputies from the place it was going to (they didn't say why they were transporting it) were escorting this truck. Sorry, not just escorting, this was a "controlled transportation." Now, keep in mind, the story i read said police and deputies. Which means AT LEAST two police and two deputies, 4 officers, were watching and escorting this truck. There may have been more. So the title of the article is "1700 pounds of marijuana disappears." Yea, here's how it apparently disappears. The article stated, and I am almost quoting here, the officers WATCHED people coming up to the truck, parking, then going away and coming back later, parking and then going away. When they checked the truck, it was EMPTY. How is this a surprise? You're telling me that at least 4 police officers watched a bunch of guys unloading the dope from this truck and when they went to check it it was empty? WHy didn't they oh, you know ARREST THEM or something? No, they were just watching. And at some point one of them must have said "Hey, you think those guys are, you know, taking anything from our truck?" And one of the other policemen, with guns and badges, replied "Shit, maybe, you think we should check and see?" And then "HOLY SHIT IT'S EMPTY!!!" Damn fine police work there, Lou. Damn fine.

The other example of stupidity was just... I work in tech support. And I occasionally set up people to connect with our service. By occasionally, I mean about 17000 times a day. Okay it's more like 17 but it feels like 17000. Anyway, I get this guy calling in. Come to think of it, he might have been from kentucky, too. One of the southern states. Anyway, we're setting up and he has to cut some twist ties that are wrapping up his cords. He cuts himself. Hey, shit happens, I am not judging the guy at this point, i am also clumsy and accidents happen. I ask "Hey, do you want to, you know, attend to that cut and call back when you've, uh, stopped the bleeding?" He replies "No, I been cut worse than that before." Okay, now I am judging, but I figure hey, maybe it's just a scratch or a nick, nothing serious. Nick on an ARTERY, maybe, because a minute later he says "I'm bleeding all over the place." Yea, I don't know, why it doesn't occur to this fine southern gentleman that he can CALL BACK LATER, i have no idea. So we are continuing with the connection, which, usually takes about 5 or 10 minutes to finish, and he says "I'm a bleeder, you know." No, i didn't know, does bleeder mean Hemophiliac, like it usually means? Because that means your blood doesn't clot normally and you can bleed to death if you aren't careful. Apparently it does, because the guy is getting quieter and quieter, and having more and more trouble doing simple things like typing. He says again "i'm bleeding all over." At this point, I'm just trying to finish the connection before he dies. He says "I'm having trouble typing it in, there's blood all over the keyboard." Oh wonderful. Good luck cleaning that up, I can't even get s... uh... yogurt out of my keyboard. I don't know, maybe it was the blood loss making him not think straight, but why not just apologize, go tend your gushing wound, and call back? Southerners are generally known for being polite, right? I was wondering if I should ask him if he still had all his fingers at the end of the call. I guess he really, REALLY wanted that internet set up. Oh well, one customer down, 150,000 to go.

So those are my two examples of stupid for today! Next time, I'll probably be the stupid party. I have a theory that a virus is circulating that makes everyone stupid, and once you catch it, it's all downhill from there. I'm trying to figure out if I've caught it yet, and just didn't notice, or if I been extremely lucky so far. lol