I was thinking about this. I went to university, and I worked in tech for decades. I met many assholes but I didn’t meet anyone that would fit on the left half of the bell curve (less than 100 iq).
Since I’ve been living in that bubble my entire life, I’m curious of your stories. Have you met someone who was actually quite dumb (not just having opinions you don’t agree with) and do you have an example situation you remember you can share?
Hopefully this becomes more funny than hateful since intelligence is not the value of a person, but it can be funny to read the stories.
Oh yes. I worked retail for over a decade, and now I work in parts. The amount of people that can’t follow directions or read is mine boggling.
I have one client whose purchasing department has one guy. Most of the time he cannot send a correct dollar amount on the purchase order, no matter how many times I tell him “hey, line 2 needs to be $146.76, you have it priced at $257.32.” he will send me an updated PO, but change a different items price and not the one I told him to change.
We normally have to go back and forth 3-6 times. It’s been like this for YEARS. Dude just isn’t good with numbers and he is in charge of purchasing for a billion dollar company.