Eureka!

Amongst the vast groups and subcultures of people in and amongst the community we call humanity there are only two main categories. These two main categories have all subgroups and cultures from both sides in and amongst themselves. These groups are the IDIOTS and the THINKERS.

The Idiots rule the world. The idiots are the policy makers. The idiots can't function without the thinkers. The thinkers make the world work. The thinkers solve problems the idiots create. The idiots get things done while the idiots try to figure out what's going on. The thinkers would be better off without the idiots.

I'll give a real world example. A dear friend of mine is getting married in an hour. I'm sitting in the reception hall blogging to prevent myself from killing an idiot. The idiot in question is the catering crew et. al. My dear friend asked me to make a DVD slide presentation of baby, childhood, teen, young adult and couple pictures of the bride and groom for the wedding. (I know, it's gay, but it's not my wedding.) Anyway… not being a wedding entertainment provider, I had to bring the concert production stuff I have; a huge 10X12 rear projection video screen. I explained to her the size and footprint of what I was bringing and everything was given thumbs up.

The wedding is circa 3:30. I arrived at 11:30 to put together a screen, focus, test and coordinate with the table monkeys on the catering crew. The catering crew does not show up until 2:00 for a 4:00 reception. Using the standard table diagram for the venue the catering crew proceeds to move the REAR PROJECTION video screen 4" from a wall to put tables in place. When asked why said screen was moved I was handed a floor plan which clearly did not have a screen on it. Since the floor plan did not have a screen they assumed that it was obviously unnecessary and an annoyance. I looked at the floor plan for exactly 3/10 of a second before coming up with an amicable plan to fit everything in the room, make traffic flow easier and provide easy access to the kitchen for the catering douches.

It took a 10 minute meeting of the catering douches to determine the feasibility of my new plan and by the time the meeting was done, I had already moved things to where the needed to be. Now, as I sit and listen to the hustle and bustle of a hurried (due to tardiness) catering crew I am reminded of why I do what I do and why I'm successful at it. I'm a thinker providing solutions for a world of idiots.