Reminiscing

To reminisce is to indulge in enjoyable recollections of past events. And since today, THE dummy was out of the office and wasn't able to do anything dummy-esque in my presence, I will use this post to discuss an incident that happened earlier this week.

THE dummy responded to a client email, and CC'd me and another gal on her response. Simple enough - email read, filed, done. But wait - another email with the same subject line pops up in my inbox again. Huh? Turns out she then forwarded the same email she wrote the client to us again and said "Hey guys. I just responded to Mike's* email."

Ummm... Really? You CC'd us on the first email. Of course I know you emailed Mike*, ya dummy.

*Client's name changed for protection from embarrassment and shame in having to deal with THE dummy.

Purpose of this blog

The purpose of this blog is simple - it's my therapy... therapy for dealing with dummies. There is one dummy in particular that I dedicate this blog. She's quite a prize as you will see in these posts. Not only is she incompetent, she's a moron that can't match the elements of her ensemble to save her life. It's like the trifecta of dummy. If Dummyville was a town, she'd be the mayor. From this point forward I shall refer to her as THE dummy. However, from time to time I may feel the urge to blog about other dummies, but know that whenever I refer to THE dummy, I refer to my muse for this blog.

Anyway, I should start with my true love for calling people dummies. I was volunteering at a senior center, playing cards with the blue hairs, when I just happened to miss a crucial move. Ruth - the resident piss-ant, says to me as she's shaking her head in disgust "You missed one, ya dummy!" And then it hit me - what a GREAT underused term. DUMMY! Say it - "Ya Dummy!" It just rolls of your tongue and feels good to say.

So back THE dummy. I should make a list here to catch you up on all the moronic behaviors she's exhibited, but rather, I'll start from the present and hope for a day where THE dummy doesn't do anything foolish (not likely), and I can blog about past episodes she's had.

The other day, when THE dummy decided to take a stab at writing her own RFPs, for which she was hired even though it turns out she can't write which means I have to do her work for her... she used the following sentence, and I quote (ahem):

"In addition, this campaign should by enlarge, promote live events that the youth, teachers and schools can collaborate and learn as a group collectively."

OMG - what a dummy! Really? So sad, trying to sound intelligent but "by enlarge" failing miserable. And what's with "collaborate and learn as a group collectively". Redundant much, ya dummy?