People. Are. Stupid.

I was on the phone with a good friend recently and he said something really amazing. He said, "Nancy...people are stupid." I really like that statement because it's true. And it's simple and succinct. And because, well, it's TRUE. People are stupid. Not all of us and not all of the time...but I often shake my head at idiotic things that people do every single day.

Sometimes it's the customer service wench who doesn't know anything about the product she represents....that was my friend's dilemma. All he wanted was replacement parts/additions for his California closet set up. And the bimbo on the phone said "Yeah...I GUESS we have extra hanging bars for you. I don't know..." and she trailed off. He doesn't suffer fools gladly and that was the end of THAT conversation, to be sure.

Once it was the dumb ass who I hired to tear down and build a deck at my home. We signed a contract and he went out for a cigarette. I never saw him again. Must have been one hell of a smoke.

This morning it was one of my neighbors. Not sure which one, but at 6:30 a.m. when I was lying in bed feeling flu-ridden and not very cute and the neighbor thought it wise to let her howling mutt outside. This hound proceed to bark -- no YELP -- for almost 5 hours. I was THIS CLOSE to taking a garden shovel to the side of this creature's head. Never mess with me on the first day of summer vacation when I'm actually able to sleep past 6 a.m. A very bad idea...

Now while the above examples are certainly annoying...we get past them and find people who are NOT stupid to do the work necessary, etc. It's a pain in the ass...but usually all works out in the end. No real harm done.

Now on to my point...the truly stupid people are those who have an agenda for their stupidity. They are so stupid, they're almost smart. Add in a black heart and we've got ourselves a ball game. Today I was given an example...one that I cannot speak of at the moment...of a few truly stupid people who have an agenda. One that is borne of spite. One that will surely lead to a fallout in our community that I'm not happy about.

Donna, after hearing the story is feeling the need to bash someone's face in (way to roll with the chipper attitude, Sunshine...would expect nothing less of you!). Of course, she's still gimpy and doesn't move fast enough yet to do any real damage, but I'm thinking of forming a posse. Picture the scene from Young Frankenstein where the villagers gather with torches and threaten to take down the monster. I'm liking that idea right about now.

So the moral of the story is that in the future I will do my best to remember that some people truly are stupid...but they mean no harm, they just don't know any better. It's those who DO know better that we have to watch out for.

I'm pissed and not feeling the "funny" right now -- tomorrow I'll go out into Michigan City and search for some inbred that amuses me and then I'll rant about him. I'm thinking WalMart or the local Dollar General might be a good starting place.

Holy Hell...