Comments on: You Can’t Fix Stupid

By: don

don — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:52:52 +0000

Is the guy with the PA ‘problem’ the same one who thinks you shouldn’t be making a profit on your newspaper? Sounds the same to me!

The others are just too lame to live. Darwin had something to say about people like them.

By: LarryH50

LarryH50 — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:55:54 +0000

Stupid is as stupid does.

Giving advice to stupid people doesn’t work. If you want to help them, ask them to explain why they should take the course of action they’re thinking about. Sometimes this causes the lights to come on.

Earlier, in my career as one of those “lying salesmen with moving lips”, I often helped my “noble and honest customers.” My wife used to say, “you go MORE than the extra mile to help your customers.”

Now I move my keyboard fingers more than my lying lips.

By: Bill Tourtillott

Bill Tourtillott — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:26:18 +0000

What to tell them?

I don’t know how far gone they are, but a dear old minister friend said (more than once);
“Go out in the back yard and kick yourself in the behind until you figure out who’s doin’ it!”

By: Gary

Gary — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:25:42 +0000

Link this with the story you had a few months ago about the couple that purchased a lot on a senior park although they were not over 55 and they wanted to home school their children. Seems like excellent grist for bad nick!!
Gotta love these stories. Please keep sharing.

By: Connie Braidh

Connie Braidh — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:10:02 +0000

1. To the Passport America situation. Who does this guy think he is? The Passport America book clearly states two days ONLY. I hope the park calls the cops and has him removed. There is always one in every crowd!!! I also hope this does not ruin PA for others. We are life members in PA. While there have been a few unsavory parks, most of the parks are great and we get our money back over and over again.
2. The second situation. How stupid is stupid? They did every thing wrong. And they have no title. They should not be using the motorhome because they are probably not covered by insurance. But since you have told them and they didn’t listen, I doubt further advice will be listened to either. They are reaping what they have sown. Sometimes it’s just best to let them flounder around in their own muck because if you try to help them they will say it’s your fault not theirs.
I agree with the PT Barnum remark. These people are the ones who will respond to a phone call that they have won a car. They send several thousand dollars for “taxes and licenses” and wonder why they don’t get a car. Then they squeal about how they were taken and it’s the government’s fault for not protecting them. NO COMMON SENSE!!!!!