very calmly discuss the STUPID PEOPLE!!!!!

He said, she said!
He did, she did!

Who gives a flying flip who did what or why, just get it done!

A famous quote concerning stupid people from Brainy Quote.com:

Life is tough, but it's tougher when you're stupid. John Wayne

In my workplace, we have our share of stupid people. You know the ones; the ones who really stand out, the ones who give you the impression they know it all until they open their mouths and normally don't know when to shut it again. The ones who have all the ideas until it's time to get to work. (Wait, they may be kind of smart there!)

Then we also have the ones who are not really stupid, they just don't think. I'll call these people idiots because they really do have the smarts to know better, they just choose not to. Yes, these people are idiots.

Then there are the smart people who have temporary lapses of sanity and go over to the stupid side. These are the hardest to deal with because normally it is these smart people who help to manage all the stupid people and the idiots on a daily basis. When one of these people go over, it's major crisis time. The stupid vultures, I mean people, swarm all over the smart person like they are trying to suck the smart out of him. Even if the smart person realizes he's gone over to the stupid side, he's enjoying the sucking up so much that he can't seem to pull himself away. And by the way, I am not using "he" here as a generic term. Usually it is a "he" who goes over to the stupid side and falls for this lavish attention every time.

So what is a relatively normal person to do when this happens? Well, a good employee, manager or team leader will dig in and fight until she pulls that smart person back onto the other side and then give him a piece of her mind until he wakes up from his daze and understands he has indeed been wallowing on the stupid side of the office.

However, there are times when enough is enough. During those times, a good team leader will just let them have it, have their way I mean. Let them have their way with the idea, the task, the project, the office, the whole damn town really. Who cares? Just leave and let them have it.

But yes, I will care when I go back and have to help clean up the mess but for now, let them have fun. My enjoyment will come when the smart guy realizes he messed up and asks for help. Will I help him? Oh yes, because I am one of the smart ones. Will I do it for him? Hell no, because I am one of the smart ones. Will he learn from it? Hell no, because he is a man!

Oh wait! I must go now. I see an IM coming in from a certain smart/stupid/idiot coworker who has already realized the error of his ways. This is gonna be fun!