The feeble minded
Jan. 29th, 2004 12:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mojocattYou know some people are put off by and take advantage of the feeble minded. Now, I am not talking about the stupid people. Stupid people have normal IQ's but either act like assholes or are to smug to listen to the opinions of others.
Those of lower than normal brain capacity. Not the kind of person your are going to promote to supervisor or manager. Because they can't make the tough cut throat type desisions. But they are damn nice people and helpfull as all fuck. They will not hesitate to lend you a hand in the most extreme conditions and will stick by your side come hell or high water. Kinda like whats his name from The Stand "M-O-O-N spells moon?".
I personally make a point to give these people kudos where I work. Make sure they have some ego and feel good at the end of the day, and that I appriciate them. Because the majority of my co-workers mentally beat them into the ground every day. Most of it is so that they can inflate their own egos with some sort of superiority complex.
Yesterday I did such a thing when my great-grandboss stopped in to give me a back pat. I told him I would have never completed the mega-project in time unless John Doe helped me. John Doe, is a fairly dim fellow, and he knows it. John Doe saw me working my ass off, and in a gesture of infinate wisdom and charity, started helping me. He did all the lifting and moving of materials as I tested them, and I never even had to ask. I told the great-grandboss that he needs to go pat John Doe on the back more than anyone, his selfless effort to help me when I was over my head and freezing my ass off and his superior than I work ethic.
It sucks to watch how they get treated. They will never see a bonus, a promotion or raise, but yet are some of the most deserving in my opinion. They my be 11 eggs short of a dozen, but are by no means stupid. In my opinion, you have to be fairly itelligent to be stupid, because you know better than how you act.
So hats off and applause for the meek, damn good people.
Those of lower than normal brain capacity. Not the kind of person your are going to promote to supervisor or manager. Because they can't make the tough cut throat type desisions. But they are damn nice people and helpfull as all fuck. They will not hesitate to lend you a hand in the most extreme conditions and will stick by your side come hell or high water. Kinda like whats his name from The Stand "M-O-O-N spells moon?".
I personally make a point to give these people kudos where I work. Make sure they have some ego and feel good at the end of the day, and that I appriciate them. Because the majority of my co-workers mentally beat them into the ground every day. Most of it is so that they can inflate their own egos with some sort of superiority complex.
Yesterday I did such a thing when my great-grandboss stopped in to give me a back pat. I told him I would have never completed the mega-project in time unless John Doe helped me. John Doe, is a fairly dim fellow, and he knows it. John Doe saw me working my ass off, and in a gesture of infinate wisdom and charity, started helping me. He did all the lifting and moving of materials as I tested them, and I never even had to ask. I told the great-grandboss that he needs to go pat John Doe on the back more than anyone, his selfless effort to help me when I was over my head and freezing my ass off and his superior than I work ethic.
It sucks to watch how they get treated. They will never see a bonus, a promotion or raise, but yet are some of the most deserving in my opinion. They my be 11 eggs short of a dozen, but are by no means stupid. In my opinion, you have to be fairly itelligent to be stupid, because you know better than how you act.
So hats off and applause for the meek, damn good people.
