Stuck on Stupid is as Stupid Does
by Chuck Muth
July 17, 2014
by Chuck Muth
July 17, 2014
I
have an exceptionally low level of tolerance for stupidity. Which I guess helps explain why I fight so
hard to shrink the size of government.
Let’s face it, government is Stupidity Central.
Yet
– and I think we can thank the government schools at least partially for this –
the stupidity virus is spreading throughout society and I fear we may be on the
verge of a pandemic. (Remember when
government made “pandemic” a household word during the bird flu scare of 2004?)
Two
recent examples…
I
was having trouble with my iPhone. So I
called Verizon. Spent about 10 minutes
in “Press 1 for…” hell before being put on hold “for the next available
customer service representative.”
I
then spent the next one hour, 23 minutes and 17 seconds on the phone
with a
technical support lady (who, miraculously, actually spoke understandable
English). Alas, no luck. So the nice lady said she was going to have
to transfer me to a higher level technician and that I’d probably be put
on
hold for 15-20 minutes.
Me:
“I can’t wait on hold for 15-20 minutes.
Can you have the technician call me back at this number when he’s free?”
Her:
“I’m sorry, but we don’t have a system set up to call you back.”
Me: “Wait, this is Verizon, right?”
Her:
“Yes.”
Me:
“And you’re a telephone company, right?”
Her:
“Yes.”
Me: “And you don’t have a system set up to call
me back on the phone?”
Her: “That’s right.”
Aarrgghh!!!
A
few hours later I’m standing in line at the Golden Nugget waiting to get my
parking ticket validated after taking the kids to see Gallagher – a smashing
good show!
As
I stood in line facing the Burger King-like counter, there was a wall to my far
right. To the left of the wall was a
line for VIP’s to get their parking tickets stamped. Then my son holding my hand. Me.
And to my left a slot machine.
Now
bear in mind, I was told this was the only place to get my parking ticket
validated. And there was one other
person in front of me. Then the lady
behind the counter looked up, saw me and CJ, and came out from behind the
counter.
Her: “Sir, your son can’t stand so close to a slot
machine. Could he go around the corner
and stand in front of the men’s room until I stamp your ticket.”
Me: “Are you nuts? You want my 7-year-old son to go stand in
front of a men’s room in a casino, out of my sight, by himself, while I wait in
line for you to stamp my parking ticket?
No! No, he can’t do that.”
And
some people still wonder how liberals get elected?
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(Mr.
Muth is president of Citizen Outreach, a conservative grassroots advocacy
organization. He can be reached at www.MuthsTruths.com)
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