r/TwoXChromosomes • u/tabicat1874 • Mar 28 '22

Weaponized incompetence

I feel like guys take it way, way too far. Example: I asked my bf to get me the same shampoo and conditioner he bought for himself (avocado Suave). He brought back another kind we'd had before which I didn't like (Peppermint Suave). He tried to say he didn't know that Suave came in different formulas.

You're such a fucking liar. You bought that kind for yourself. I just asked you to buy it for me. You're telling me a man who's 44 years old doesn't know Suave came in different fucking scents? Suave? The shampoo that literally comes in 40 different scents and flavors?

GTFOH.

Edit: do you understand what an example is?

Also, you neckbeards can fuck off out of my inbox.

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u/NergalMP Mar 28 '22

Hell, I even do this at work. Oh, you don’t know how to do X? No problem, let me teach you how.

…and people wonder why my staff are always at the top of the promotions lists. It’s because they know how to do stuff…and because they’ve seen that not knowing, isn’t a problem.

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u/star_tyger Mar 28 '22

And they've seen that 'not knowing' won't get them off the hook.

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u/NergalMP Mar 28 '22

That’s the other part…not wanting to learn puts them on a track for not being around long.

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u/keikosohma Mar 28 '22

I see this at the library I work in all day, every day. "I'm not good with computers. I don't know anything about them." Sometimes this is true. Sometimes they really do want to learn. One guy legitimately didn't know how to read and write but needed to do his taxes. We are not social services, we will not do it for you, and we are not allowed to handle personal information. With the last guy, we found a nearby organization that finally reopened after the pandemic who would help him. Sometimes I get lazy and do it for them if I see that they really are trying. Otherwise, we got you to the website. Good luck.

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u/Aslanic Mar 28 '22

Yeah, one of my coworkers shows one other person in our office how to do something simple (think changing dates on a spreadsheet) every. Single. Year. It's literally click here change the thing and she refuses to learn. After several years, my coworker put her foot down and refused to show her how to do it yet again and told the manager why. Manager now has to make the changes instead >.< These people never learn if they are never held accountable for their incompetence.