Tuesday, September 13, 2011

How do I communicate "moron"?

I recently dicussed communication styles with friends over Postino's bruchetta and wine. The managers in the group have taken classes on identifying how different employees communicate. Apparently this ensures that everything runs smoothly by providing every employee with an effective voice. BUT, my question was, "How do I communicate moron"? I understand that some people are assertive while others are passive. Some people like to analyze data and some like to create. But what about the rest of the population (I'd say about 98% of adults) who do not have the brain capacity to even entertain such high level communicaton skills? It is possible that I have a skewed sample, thus believe that most people are idiots. It scares me. IS America becoming dumber? Less able to interact in the real-life, non-virtual world? I am impressed at the number of blank stares I get in the course of one day. At times I feel self-conscious and doubtful of my abilities to effectively communicate. How can so many people have difficulty understanding simple instructions and/or explanations. Why do I walk around with the same song in my head everyday? "Only stupid people are breeding..." Is the stupidy a result of poor education, language barriers, apathy or legitimately low IQs? Whatever the cause, I need to develop a better coping mechanism to deal with the morons of the world. It is stupid that stupid people have enough power to make me so angry in my day to day life.