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2007 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance

This is not a Darwin Award submission. I simply wanted to share some things with you.

IGNORANCE WITH ATTITUDE I have come up with a term for people or situation we have all seen. Ignorance with Attitude! We’ve all had someone try and prove us wrong even though we are, without a doubt, right. I’ve had people who are 100% without knowledge of the situation try and prove me wrong with such exuberance it’s frustrating if not comical. It’s most frustrating when a new employee with two weeks experience believes so whole-heartily that he is right he ignores my 9 years experience and tries to force his misguided theories on me.

COMMON SENSE IS NOT COMMON

I am a civilian contractor working with the Army as an instructor. I have trained military and civilian personnel on a variety of topics from weapon systems to vehicle systems since I separated from the military in 1996. In that time I have come to realize that Common Sense is not as common as some would like to believe. Many times I have seen people try and prove the facts wrong by doing exactly what should not be done, immediately after being told the emanate outcome.

SWITCH THE SWITCH A friend of mine was working on a vehicle’s windshield wiper motor. He had the vehicle power on checking for power with a multimeter, then shut the power off but left the switch on to make another check. He called another worker over and, with his hand in the mechanism, asked his coworker to turn the power on. He apparently forgot the switch was on because as soon as the switch was flipped the wipers began to move, ripping the skin from his fingers which were now caught in the linkages. The co-worker, unaware of what was wrong, panicked and simply stared. I was sitting at a table working on a computer next to the vehicle. I suddenly became aware of the situation when a splattering of blood splashed across my screen as my friend jumped out of the truck and proceeded to run the wrong way around the vehicle in search of the bathroom and the first aid kit. A few stitches later he was fine.

Finally, I would like to share with you one of my many misguided theories. MODERN MEDICINE CAUSES TRAFFIC. A future Darwin Award winner gets into his/her vehicle, causes an accident and goes to the hospital. Doctors, educated in the ways of modern medicine, patch the person up and send him on his way where he gets back into a vehicle and back on the road (poised to do the whole thing over again) – causing traffic.

Submitted on 04/22/2007

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Bruce said:
Neutral: For Darwin's Eyes
Thanks for the submission. That bit about the friend working on the wiper motor does sound like it could qualify for an HM. He should have known better, and if it's any indication he could become eligible for a full DA if he's not careful!


Chip said:
Definitely Toss: Lacks Excellence
Merely skinning fingers just isn't enough to merit a Darwin or Honorable Mention. I do thank you for your submission and your amusing stories of people who generally lack enough sense to be able to breathe and walk at the same time


James said:
Neutral: For Darwin's Eyes
We generally take ignorance + attitude (which we refer to as arrogance) into account when judging submissions, and arrogance IS a primary ingredient of a classic DA. As for modern medicine interfering with natural selection, well...that's why we're here! In the old days, the fate of village idiots everywhere was predictable, but now they can live to die another day! I'll pass this one on to Darwin...


Graham said:
Definitely Toss: Other
Thanks for sharing this with us. I think . . .


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