I just returned from a computer class that was required of me by my company. We have just purchased some software that is somewhat confusing, and we were all scheduled to attend various training sessions to be instructed as to how to use the new program. When I arrived, I was happy to find out that the new program was somewhat user friendly, and figured that there was no way we would be there for the full two hours that was allotted for the class. Unfortunately, I forgot to figure the "stupid question" factor into the equation, and the class ran almost 30 minutes over. This was largely due to the fact that the following questions/comments were asked/made during this two-hour "training" session:

“What are we here for?”

“What exactly do you mean by ‘right click’?”

“I keep spelling things wrong! What do I do about that?”

“What does the print button do?”

“I’m still on the first step. Do you mind starting from the beginning?”

When told that our login names were to be our first name followed by the first initial of our last name, you would have thought that the instructor had asked us to decipher a text written in Sanskrit. Someone behind me kept repeating, “First name, last initial. First name, last initial,” over and over again. He would then type something in (Clearly NOT his first name and last initial.) and shout, “It didn’t work!!” This went on for about 15 minutes.

These people in the class were ALL Salespeople for my company. They are all (allegedly) college educated and the majority of them make over $80K a year.

Welcome to corporate America everyone!!!