despite the fact that i really like my coworkers here, sometimes liking someone can’t prevent you from inwardly thinking they’re stupid. an example?

coworker is sitting at the desk/cubicle next to mine. coworker accidentally deleted everything in a very important table related to the company website. he freaked out and started mumbling curses to himself, and called one of the company tech-helper guys to explain the problem.

at this point he said, on the phone, after the guy must have asked him if he could call back in a couple minutes:

coworker: okay, call me back, because i literally just peed my pants just now when i did that.

oh dear. is it possible to still like someone you can’t help thinking is really dumb in a lot of ways? my brain (and my integrity) says no, dumb people are unacceptable, but part of me just says, “whatever. he’s a nice guy.”

and of course there’s another part who is glad there are people much dumber than me out there otherwise i wouldn’t look so damn smart in comparison, which is something i probably hold more dearly than i would like to really think about.