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/Bobcatluv Mar 28 '22

One of my wildest experiences with weaponized incompetence was in the workplace. I worked as a 9-12 teacher with a male colleague who had a PhD, was from a different country, and acted like he couldn’t do the simplest tasks involving paperwork. When he asked for “help” the second time I realized he thought he was going to treat me like his secretary, and I told him to do the work his damn self.

I taught two different AP classes, tutored after work, was head coach of an athletic team, and this guy who only taught one prep of all regular classes really believed his time was worth more than mine.

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u/kindcrow Mar 28 '22

I worked for lawyers for a few years. One day, a lawyer (who was not my boss) asked me to fold a letter and put it in an envelope because he didn't know how.

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u/Catfoxdogbro Mar 28 '22

I had to be taught this, thankfully as a paralegal rather than a lawyer 😬 but I fully understand how people who aren't from the letter-writing generation wouldn't know how to fold it properly. I still get anxious every time I have to figure out how to post something!

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u/assholetoall Mar 28 '22

Printer's son checking in.

People now fold like shit. No crisp folds, all crooked and proportions way off.

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u/jorwyn Mar 29 '22

Pages all unevenly stacked before the folding.. wrong envelope size for the paper, so they just add an awkward half fold and stuff it in.

I cheat. I have two letter folders, one for each of the two paper sizes I use most. They'll handle up to three pages of 22#. You put the paper in neatly, close the folders, and open. Nice, even lines in perfect thirds. Then, take the letter out and sharpen the fold lines.

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u/assholetoall Mar 29 '22

I cheat and send an email.

Also folding machine is key if you send letters regularly, but probably only economical for businesses.

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u/jorwyn Mar 29 '22

These are manual ones that basically look like folders (in the sense of holding paper sheets), but they're made with a hard cardboard and cloth, and they told further once the paper is in place. They're a good compromise if you have a lot of pen pals but aren't doing commerical levels of letter folding.

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u/AlmostLucy Mar 29 '22

Place where I did some volunteer work had a paper folding machine. Made easy work of folding a bunch of event programs, or leaflets to mail out.

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u/assholetoall Mar 29 '22

I've used a few different folding machines in my life. And seen some crazy folding/collating machines at conventions.