Let's get rich and give everybody nice sweaters and teach them how to dance...
Yesterday, I was at work when my boss and a guest came over and looked at the Globe. He then proceeded to tell me about his upcoming trip to Antarctica (which he doesn't know I know about- I've been helping them plan this trip for months.) ANYWAY. He then looks at his friend and said, "I don't even know where Antarctica is, do you? I know we have to fly through Argentina, but other than that, I don't know where it is." I then, being the kind person I am show my boss and the other gentleman (who also didn't know where Antarctica was)where it was. They then said, and I quote "Wow! It's the bottom of the world!"
Mind you, by this time I was stifling my laughs so much I needed to pee.
"How did you know where Antarctica was? You must have been paying attention in class that day!"
Al I wanted to say was "No, it's common sense. The arctic circle is up north, SO the ANTarctic circle must be located in the south. North Pole? South Pole? Santa Claus? Wasteland?"
Instead, I smiled and said "It's quite beautiful and the only place in the world you can find penguins in the wild."
To which he responded "If I want to see penguins, I'll just go to the zoo."
THE DAMN PENGUINS AT THE ZOO ARE NOT IN THE WILD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sometimes I wonder how people who are so incredibly successful don't know the simplest things. Yes, not everyone can locate every state on the map, but an ENTIRE continent? That is when I question if my $45,000 a year institution that I went to for the intelligence factor will actually help me in the real world. If people who are so wealthy and living their lives exactly the way they wish are so intellectually stupid, how can I expect to do well? Will they ever see my intelligence as something of value? Probably not.
How frustrating.
Mind you, by this time I was stifling my laughs so much I needed to pee.
"How did you know where Antarctica was? You must have been paying attention in class that day!"
Al I wanted to say was "No, it's common sense. The arctic circle is up north, SO the ANTarctic circle must be located in the south. North Pole? South Pole? Santa Claus? Wasteland?"
Instead, I smiled and said "It's quite beautiful and the only place in the world you can find penguins in the wild."
To which he responded "If I want to see penguins, I'll just go to the zoo."
THE DAMN PENGUINS AT THE ZOO ARE NOT IN THE WILD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sometimes I wonder how people who are so incredibly successful don't know the simplest things. Yes, not everyone can locate every state on the map, but an ENTIRE continent? That is when I question if my $45,000 a year institution that I went to for the intelligence factor will actually help me in the real world. If people who are so wealthy and living their lives exactly the way they wish are so intellectually stupid, how can I expect to do well? Will they ever see my intelligence as something of value? Probably not.
How frustrating.