Stupid people should not be allowed to work at all, at least not with me. I hate dealing with people who either don't know how to listen or don't have any common sense at all but there's no way around it. Every where you turn you're bound to find someone incompetent nearby and chances are that they have a job and suck at it. Recently I returned to my old work place to train this guy. He's a sophomore in college and attends a school of which I shall not name. I'm still friends with a lot of the people there and trained this person as a personal favor for them. Most of the employees are extremely busy trying to fill out orders since the holiday season is right around the corner. A system that should have taken a half hour to learn and maybe 2 hours to memorize took this guy 2 days to learn and probably even longer to memorize. I had to come back a second day to continue training this fool because he couldn't grasp the concept. I wanted to hit this kid in the head with the keyboard and send him home to momma. Being that I was no longer an employee, I couldn't fire this kid. There are some people who aren't bright at all, but they supplement that with hard work and a little charisma and that's perfectly fine. These people are still a pleasure to work with. But not only was this slow, he had no personality at all. He just sat there nodding. When asked what he does in his free time, he simply replies, "Chillen." Then I asked him whether or not he's athletic and what sports he's interested in and he simply replies, "It's cool." Any possibility of further chit chat or cooler conversations ended with that reply.
I suppose this will be a life long challenge for me. I need to develop greater of degree of patience in the workplace, if I don't then I'm probably going to end up firing every person that comes along. If anyone has any tricks of the trade for dealing with these sort of people, than please let me know, I'm all ears.
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I've encountered a few challenges when trying to communicate with co-workers. When I worked at a retail store as a stock boy, it was hard to communicate with the stock co-workers because all of them pretty much said the same things you had mentioned which was "chillen." However, with guys its easy to strike a common interest that will make them speak a little bit more. Just talk to them about girls and eventually they'll open up to you.
P.S. I have to concur, GO METS!
The good news is that you understand you need to have more patience with those who do not meet your standards on the job. Remember, every human being is different and sometimes something wonderful happens when you have patience and understanding with someone at work - if you can be nurturing you may reveal hidden talents in people. However, there also is an appropriate time to have boundaries when someone isn't really cut out for the work that needs to be done. Continuing an unfruitful relationship between an incompetent or careless individual and the company doesn't help either party. Even so, always try to handle yourself elegantly and be understanding.
The best way that I have dealt with these people is by ignoring them completely. If you don't talk to them, acknowledge them, or even look at them, they will figure out that they are the ones with the problem. Since you don't even work there anymore it's going to be even more of their problem. The superior to that dumb person will, no doubt, pull them aside and tell them to be more productive or get out. At this point, hopefully they will change their act.
I understand exactly what you mean, and reading your example brings to mind a co-worker of mine. You shouldn't have to find a way to deal with such incompetence, instead, you should stride to reach a position where if you are faced with someone like Mr.Chillen, you can actually fire them. People like him have a purpose in the workforce, unfortunately for you, not in your workplace though. You should probably just recommend he be released from his job and find someone now that knows what they are doing before he screws anything up...trust me, I am going through the pains of someone like this now
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