On Stupidity...

A comment by skycloud set me thinking...

Was I being too "Cek Ark" in labelling someone stupid... then I decided... the my thoughts on this matter were too long and detailed for a comment answer... so I gotta answer via my blog...

Anyway, actually, I am ok with people of lower intelligence. It's normal. We're all born different, I am probably stupider than half the people out there. And I am of the standpoint that most people are stupid in one way or another. It's different for all of us. I am stupid when it comes to cooking, If my sunny side up egg turns up good, I am already VERY proud of myself.

I am stupid at maths. I can do it, but I hate it, cuz I know there're easier and faster ways of solving problems, just that I am too stupid at it. I don't "see" it... and I live with that. Anything too difficult, I look for help.

BUT... one must be able to accept their limitations, and work within it, or strive and go beyond it.

I cannot accept stupidity in a person of authority, and who refuses to
1) admit it when they've made a mistake
2) admit that they're probably not so strong in that area, and hire someone to do it, and give them credit for it, and focus on areas that they're strong as... (that is what I call team work, btw)

ASI, is stupid. She is very good in her Chinese and Maths. She is a nice person (not taking into account her attitude when she was trying to act as boss). But she is not good in ID, she is not good in management, she is not good in PR-ing with colleagues. And it could just be in her nature to not be a very quick thinking person, (hey, a lot of the smartest people are not very fast on their feet, but they are very smart in their own field)... hence, she should admit her own limitations.

FORCING your bad ideas, bad management style and bad time management (this part I hate the most), down your subordinates throat is stupidity. Stupid becuz every sec you waste, it's the company making a loss. Stupid becuz everything you make a bad decision, time is wasted rectifying the mistake, or it means something that could be done over a day, is stretched to 3 days.

That kinda stupidity, which ASI, unfortunately is guilty of, I have absolutely no respect for. If I meet her on the streets, and she just wants to be friends, I am ok with. But I will not work with her, unless there is absolutely no way out of it, and only if we were working on equal footing/standing.

In the case of my dog, and my comparison of Sapphi to ASI. Sapphi is good for guarding the house, being a companion, lazing around, panting around, doing little tricks for treats. She does all these quite well. She does not try to order us around, cuz she knows her place in the pack. She's the pack, we're the leaders, she follows us. Not that a dog is capable of admitting her stupidity, but my dog is very intelligent for a dog, and I give her credit for that. But I don't expect her to learn how to answer phonecalls, etc. It's not in her, I won't force it.

Ok, I am digressing.

I admit, I was "cek ark" in calling someone stupid, I would hate it if someone calls me stupid in my face. BUT, having said that, I maintain that ASI was severely limited in intelligence when I worked with her. My opinion of her, (ever since she blinked at me for "2 minutes" just looking at me, having been rendered incapable of speech, cuz she was thinking of asking me to make changes to some letter to customers. I know, cuz I timed her blinking. In the end, I gave up and "prompted" her... what changes did she want? then she snapped out of her blinking mode... and gave me some crap instructions. ) was lowered to the point of no return.

If you're stupid, admit it. Stop pretending! Or work really hard at it, to increase your intelligence in that particular field. Nobody says you will always be stupid. But first, you have to admit your stupidity, then work at it. If you don't even take the first step, you will never realise the gap in knowledge, and you can never improve.

Ok... my super long blog is over.

And... it's the looooong weekends again!!! :)) Happy happy! I am going to end up being retarded at work... cuz I am too happy and I will end up bringing all my work home, or come back to office to finish up, simply cuz, I was incapable of working today. :D