Dealing with Stupid People

I've got a spare tv now that we bought the new one this last weekend. The old tv works but is not in great shape and is nowhere near perfect. I posted it up to Craigslist on the Free forum. And, as always, there were a flood of responses in very, very short order. I go by who got to me first and have responded to all the others to let them know (and to establish the order in my Sent box in case I need to move down the list) where they are in the order.

One of the email requests said he'd only take the TV if it were in perfect condition. Which begs the question, why in the fucking hell would I be GIVING away a perfectly good and useful TV? Anything being given away for free is almost certainly going to have some issues. Setting such unreasonably high expectations for something you might get for free is just kind of rude.

That's all, just mildly irritating dealing with the dregs of intelligence.

[Update: Am I the only one who gets bothered by people adding religious blessings to their email? Just like I will never give money to a beggar with a sign saying God Bless on it, anyone who's narrow minded enough to think that religious blessings have any place in a business correspondence do nothing but gaurantee that I won't be doing business with them. Keep your damned, kid touching God to yourselves, I'll be hanging out over here with the athiests.]

Side Note
I just came across this article, Media today: Be afraid � be very afraid that talks about the cultural drive for recognition, the need to make a splash. Its the make-a-mark-and-be-set-for-life mentality. If you can just get your mug on the national stage for a few minutes, then you should be set. Look at William Hung, a guy who can't sing or dance and he was rejected (rightly) from American Idol but has since become a cartoon character (some say he's being used as an updated version of the Asian stereotype of Mr. Yunioshi, Mickey Rooney's character in Breakfast at Tiffany's) with a best selling album, it was number 4 on Amazon the other day.

It seems that we, as a nation, are desperate for attention, even if that attention comes in the form of criminal scrutiny (as in the article's example of Audrey Seiler, the Wisconsin student who claimed to be abducted). And yes, I fully recognize that this blog is about recognition as well. I crave attention and validation as much as anyone else. And hey, if someone wants to make me into an after school special then that's fine too, just make sure I get my big fat paycheck. I'm not saying I'm better than other people, I'm just pointing at the problem and know that I am part of it as much as anyone else.