Are people generally stupid without realising it?

Count_Dante

"The wise man knows he is a fool"

-Chinese Proverb

moonrakerz

gyzmo wrote:

When I am at university, I often wonder how so many people actually got a place.

They got a place to meet one of this stupid Government's "targets" !

One E grade 'A' level will get you a place in some of these so-called universities.

Really, what can you expect ?

yummymummy79

You try working in consumer advice and being told 'you are wrong' numerous times a day. Why bother phoning up if you're not going to listen to what I tell you?! And then they wonder why Currys aren't doing anything to help them.

The 'bloke in the pub' that was mentioned obviously does know more about your rights than me who has had full training and done the job for 2 years.

steveeeee

GUMPO wrote:

77.23% of statistics are made up.:rotfl:

:rotfl: That reminded me of a headline I saw the other day: One in five Home Office statistics are unreliable. My first thought before reading the article was "how do they know?". :rolleyes:

gerretl

Did anyone see the interview Jade did after eviction?
She was a different person. Her vocabulary and grammar was better, and she tried to carry herself off as more intelligent. OK, she was probably coached, but she couldn't fake all of that.
I have worked with dozens of people who get by with doing !!!!!! all by saying they don't know how to. The ones that give it a go will make mistakes, but instead of critisising the lazy ones who don't try, the one who tried and failed is the one who gets the stick. No wonder they stop bothering after a while.
People aren't thick.
Society rewards them for acting thick, and after a while they believe their act.
Thats my ha'pennys worth.
Now, what the !!!! is a ha'penny?

Missy79

My OH works for a mobile company and has had lots of people refusing to pay bills and claiming their phone was stolen, when asked why they hadn't reported it stolen they tell him they should have known.

furrypolka

yummymummy79 wrote:

You try working in consumer advice and being told 'you are wrong' numerous times a day. Why bother phoning up if you're not going to listen to what I tell you?! And then they wonder why Currys aren't doing anything to help them.

The 'bloke in the pub' that was mentioned obviously does know more about your rights than me who has had full training and done the job for 2 years.

God, absolutely, I work in the same field and the things I have heard in the past from people who had clearly phoned me up to tell me what the law was rather than the other way around...

"It's an invitation to treat"
"I have photographic evidence!!!"
"Oh good, you have photographic evidence of an invitation to treat. How's that going to help?"
"I'm going to take it to court!!!"
"(sigh) Go on then. You'll lose."

Count_Dante

What is an "invitation to treat"?

illuminate

to answer the OP original question..... YES !

And we all are to some degree.... we've all rung up somewhere or gone into a shop with a query and suddenly realised we haven't exactly prepared ourselves. Like taking stuff back for a refund and realising we left the receipt on the mantlepiece. Or complaining about a number on your phone bill, then remembering you rang it while @rsed on a night out.

The difference is what happens next.

What you should do is admit you've messed up, apologise and shuffle off quietly.

What too many people do is start a bloody row, because they feel embarrassed and they are so wrapped up in themselves that they can't accept the possibility that they may be wrong.

eyelinerprincess

gyzmo wrote:

When I am at university, I often wonder how so many people actually got a place. in the second year, half of the students still can't find their way round the campus, about a third can't string a sentence together and virtually all of them have the extremely annoying habit of saying "inni" every other freakin' word.

Oh and to top it all, one of them asked recently how many letter K's were in the word escalator. I've just spelt that wrong haven't I??!!

Half the people in my uni can't speak English at all!

(my mate can't find his way round uni and he's been there 2 1/2 years...but then again, he couldn't find his way out of a paper bag)