Stupid People (A Rant)

Now I realize that not everyone in this world thinks like me but seriously the complete stupidity that some people have really baffles my mind.

My job is not the hardest job in the world. Seriously it’s really not. I slack off half the time so I can create work for myself later. But, if everyone is not doing their job in my office it creates a lot of work for me. Allow me to explain...

About four months ago we hired a new receptionist/administrative assistant to replace one that would be leaving. The new girl we hired had a degree to be an administrative assistant from a community college (I’m really not judging her college choice at this point (a lot of very smart people go to community college to expand their knowledge and that’s awesome) but to be quite frank I understand now why she did not go to a four year college). She had a one week training course with the former admin./receptionist. The former admin./receptionist knew what she was doing and it was agreed that she would not leave until the new one knew what she was doing. The former employee should have never left in fact I think she would still be here because this new chick has no idea what she’s doing.

If a document is sent in from Japan would it not make logical sense to mark it for a say Japanese case instead of a US or Europe case? Apparently not. If I give you a stack of papers that need to be turned around in one day (this has been explained to her multiple times) should I still be waiting for them a week and a half later? Apparently I should. If you cannot find our client number and you give it to me to find and I find it on the first try should I think you’re retarded? Apparently I shouldn’t. If a case is clearly marked as another paralegal’s case should you give me their case files? Yep you should. If I have three separate boxes in my office marked, In Box, Filing, and Official Actions should you mix up my documents so I can never find where they are? Yes you should do this over and over again. Finally (and this isn’t all of it but I’m getting too angry typing all of this) if you are told to take debit notes off of incoming foreign letters should you leave them on there so they can be filed instead of being paid? You should do this every chance you get.

The job is not that hard. Filing, scanning, copying, and finding file numbers are the hardest thing she has to do. I did the job and if it was a hard job I would still be there instead of moving out of it in 6 months. It amazes me that I had no formal training to do the job because the lady was fired before I took the position and this girl had a one week training course with the former employee in that position and she doesn’t know her hand from her ass. I mean seriously it’s been four months and you still don’t know that if it says Japan it goes with the Japanese case????? I am now more convinced than ever that I hate stupid people. This girl is very nice and knows how to do her cleaning duties well, for the most part (if anyone can tell me why dirty plates are being put in the cupboards please let me know) but all I see is an idiot.

I know this is harsh. Believe me, I wouldn’t rant if I had not brought these issues up with her many, many times. Some people are perpetually retarded and I am so fed up. I brought up these issues with my boss and every time he asks if we should fire her. I always say no she just needs a little guidance but now I’ve reached my breaking point. I really want her ass fired. I’m doing the jobs of two people and I outgrew one of these positions almost two years ago.

Thanks for reading, you realize that I’m just writing this so I don’t go straight to my boss to have her fired. I have utter and complete faith that one day Darwinism will take over and eventually weed out the idiots of the world. If survival of the fittest is true, then I know who I’m eating for breakfast.