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Stupid People Employing Stupid People and Statistics

Why do idiot managers, employ really stupid people who just do stupid shit to the customers? For instance, in this typically "general situation" - Say there was a huge warehouse type building - and there was a fire in it, far, far away, in the far corner..... At 10am on a bright sunny morning, one sees this and runs into the reception, and says, to the reception person, "The back end of the building is on fire can you call the fire brigade?" They reply, "Oh I can't do that. I will have to talk to my supervisor. They are in a meeting in the moment, and that doesn't finish until 2pm. Can you come back and speak to them about it then?" (puts face on desk and groans) There are so many people who just don't "get it" - from people making sales, who never ever even read the packets of the products they are selling...... OK so I want to buy a stereo with a USB port, so I can play recordings on a USB stick. The packet has an inadequate descrip