Sometimes you say "Well..." and sometimes you just don't know

The title of today's installment is brought to you by my Dad, it was always something he says when he feels like (what my generation calls) a "face-palm"... I may be acting a little green but I have discovered something in my fellow human beings that I am astounded by. I kind of want to know if this is prevalent, isolated, or if I've just been the luckiest person on the planet to avoid this type of mongoloid up to this point...

Imagine this...
A friend comes over to help you paint your new house. You say "I'd like you to use this paint in this room, but please only paint this wall." You then go on about your business in another room of the house, listening to your jams, having a great time, the windows are open, gorgeous weather, all is well.

Then you walk in to check on your friend's progress and find that they decided to paint a totally different wall in a neon green and purple zig zag pattern. Naturally, you are slightly angered by this. BUT WAIT... not only did your friend come into your home, change your plan, ruin your room, BUT they then proceed to lecture you about how this way looks so much better than what you had planned originally and you really should be okay with it because hey, it looks awesome. Is our "soon-to-be-throttled" friend finished there? No way! This is just the beginning...

You're obviously mad, so you state how angry you are, how you made the instructions clear, how this is your house, and while you appreciate their help, are completely insulted by their assumption of what will work for you. So what does our cunning little weasel say to that? "I misunderstood, when you said 'paint' I thought you meant 'like a mural,' when you said 'brown' I obviously thought you meant 'purple and green' and when you said 'this wall' I thought you meant 'this other wall,' but you know what? it was an honest mistake, I've got it now"

Then you're all like....

 

 

People really do this!

 

I have experienced this recently and I cannot fathom how someone thinks that they can just get away with it. That's not even the worst part.. They DO get away with it, because no matter how mad you get, no matter who you tell, how long you vent, you still have a purple and green neon wall to stare at in your home. So you can take it, fix it, and move on. Or you can throw a pity party and hope that eventually this crap of an eye sore will eventually come into style.

 

Bill Cosby once told a joke about how Dads are geniuses because they will complete a task so terribly that their wives will get furious and forbid them from ever doing it again in the future. Hence, they are free from responsibility and/or any associated work. Coming from a family with a strong work ethic, I thought it was a joke. It's REAL! People really do this, it's amazing!

 

I'm almost not as mad as I am disgustingly impressed. While grateful that it is never enough to make me want to imitate being a completely useless waste of space, I'm impressed that individuals with such a seemingly low quality of character are able to pull of being manipulative enough to get away with not doing anything.

 

On a completely unrelated topic, I have been working on a few blog entries in the background, I am writing two, one concerning what crazy things people do to pregnant people, and the other about the complete misconceptions people have about growing humans. I realize that these may not suit everyone's taste so I thought I'd give a heads up that they're on the way... along with a new little opinionated kiddo who should be here in less than a week. BAM! Exciting!

 

So what do you guys think? Do you see this behavior a lot in your work, home, friends?