| Have you ever heard someone say don't insult my | | | | for and ran for a number of years. |
| intelligence? And when they told you that, you felt as | | | | Then I got to thinking to myself later that day, that |
| if they were quite arrogant, like an egomaniac | | | | people are constantly insulting my intelligence. For |
| suffering from megalomania. Perhaps it's true what | | | | instance, they are telling me stuff that I obviously |
| they say, that arrogance is a sign of intelligence, and | | | | already know, and I guess they actually thought that |
| someone who is intelligent, and knows it, probably is | | | | they were giving me new information, simply |
| offended when someone insults their intelligence. | | | | assuming that is a complete insult to my intelligence, |
| That makes sense right? | | | | as they either didn't know who they were talking to, |
| Not long ago, I was at the local coffee shop, and | | | | or didn't believe me when I explained my previous |
| there was a gentleman there who was a former | | | | experience in that area of human endeavor. |
| corporate executive for a water treatment company | | | | Sometimes, I think people just want to hear |
| and he was talking to a couple of folks about water. | | | | themselves talk, and they want you to be impressed |
| These folks attempted to give him a lecture about | | | | with what they have to say, and they really don't |
| water treatment. And it was as if he just turned off | | | | care much about you or what you have to say or |
| switch gears, wished them a nice day and they | | | | are doing, but that really isn't having an intellectual |
| departed. Since this person was achieved in his | | | | conversation, that is just someone lecturing and |
| industry, and since I know a little bit about water | | | | telling, there's no conversing going on. What people |
| myself having been in the car wash industry, we got | | | | need to understand is that it is really not fair for |
| into a conversation. | | | | them to go around insulting people's intelligence, and |
| We briefly talked about the people who we just left | | | | assuming that they know everything. |
| and we laughed a little, he said; "you know | | | | Maybe it's like the comedian who once said; "it's not |
| sometimes I don't really like to talk about what I do | | | | fair for people to run around pretending to know |
| or what I've done because everyone sticks their | | | | everything because it is really annoying and insulting |
| opinion in and all they do is insult my intelligence." I | | | | to those of us that do." So, before you open your |
| told him that I was over hearing his last conversation | | | | mouth, and think you know everything, maybe it is |
| and I thought it was rather ironic that these folks | | | | better if you listen little bit and find out who you're |
| would try to lecture him on the water industry, | | | | talking to first. Please consider all this. |
| especially considering the company he had worked | | | | |