Rotten Jerks
Consider Yourself
Rotten -- To be wretchedly bad, corrupt, morally offensive, unpleasant, or unsatisfactory. To be miserable. To be despicable.   Jerk -- A person who is fatuous, foolish, contemptibly naive. To be an inconsequential person.
This site asks about what motivates rotten jerks, why rotten jerks do rotten stuff, and why there are so many rotten jerks around everywhere these days.
This site is a mandatory visit for all who are in constant multi-task mode, rushing nowhere, working against productivity & promoting chaos, and accomplishing little due to their personal failings & shortcomings.
You are always anonymous at our survey sites. Surveys change and questions are added from time to time.
1.  Please check off the places that you recognize rotten jerks on a somewhat regular basis.
My workplace
My sports activities
On television reading the news & performing
In government -- elected officials
In government -- bureaucrats
Shopping retail -- sales employees
Family gatherings
When driving
2.  When they drive, they often:

      Please select any actions that describe their behavior.
Are managed by the need to multi-task, drinking bottled water, eating, talking on cell phones, etc.
Drive through red lights because they need to assert themselves by not pausing for cross traffic especially when their light turned green.
Veer sideways to squeeze around the back end of a car in front of them that has the audacity to slow before making a turn left or right. And they don't care how close they come to hitting that car or oncoming traffic.
Fail to stop at an intersection even when they have a stop sign. Instead, they roll on out into oncoming left or right traffic to appear to avoid stopping at all.
Drive through stop signs because they cannot give in and pause just to check for other cars that they think should have wait for them.
Drive close to the rear of the car in front of them because they need to assert their impotency through speed... even when the car in front is driving over the speed limit.
3-A.  Why are they rude and arrogant when interacting with their coworkers?
Because:
They are insecure and need to overly assert themselves by being arrogant and rude.
They need to keep business discussions brief since they often know little of significance.
3-B.  During business meetings, they often:

         Please select any actions that describe their behavior.
Allow multi-tasking to rule by over-speaking, rushing & interrupting.
Interrupt and over-speak just about anyone to be heard even if they are not certain they know what they are talking about.
Interrupt and over-speak just about anyone to be heard even when they have nothing of value to add.
Bring bottled water and/or coffee, cell phone (leaving the ringer on so people learn how important they are), iPod, and dress down to be especially cool.
Rarely pause before interjecting their opinions & ideas or to be reasonably sure of their relevance & value.
4.  When shopping, they often:

      Please select all that sound familiar.
Allow multi-tasking to rule their lives by rushing & talking fast so others have difficulty keeping up and understanding.
Race through the aisles quickly grabbing stuff, get checked out, rush back to their SUVs, start up, back out of the parking spot while cell calling someone who has no more to say than they do.
Rarely allow other shoppers pass by while they slowly wander the aisles.
5-A.  Why are they rude and short with family members at mealtimes?
Because:
They need to always be in control.
They are so insecure that they need to display power.
5-B.  When having dinner with their families, they often:

         Please select all that are familiar.
Make their multi-tasking needs rule the conversation.
Interrupt and over-speak just about anyone to be heard even if they are not sure they know what they are talking about.
Join in relaxed conversations about others & discuss everyone's activities.
Pitch right in cooking, sharing food, joining conversations & cleaning up.
6-A.  Why do they plan meetings and events with little regard for coworkers, family & friends who may have conflicts?
Because:
It makes them feel important to plan their days with no consideration for others' schedules.
They enjoy the conflict created when their plans interfere with coworkers & friends.
6-B.  When planning their days, they often:

         Please select all that you agree with.
Use their personal multi-tasking needs to set schedules, thereby not allocating enough time.
Plan specific time slots with no regard for others' needs.
Plan intentional conflicts with other people's needs and then demand adherence to their plans.
Plan intentional conflicts with other people's needs and then tersely state, "If you have a conflict, just don't attend".
7.  Please select the category from the right that best describes you and your behavior.

         All of your responses are anonymous.
Type
5		 ---  I'm fairly OK considering today's chaotic, angry, hateful culture.
Type
4		 ---  I'm just barely hanging in & surviving.
Type
3		 ---  I'm so lost I don't know what found means.
Type
2		 ---  I'm going to find myself when I'm ready & not before.
Type
1		 ---  I want your & everyone's blood. I am the classic rotten jerk.
Type 5 Type 4 Type 3 Type 2 Type 1
A rational & reasonable person who knows where he is going & how to get there successfully.
A somewhat reasonable, yet concerned person afraid of appearing inadequate to his peers, uncertain of where he is going & how to get there successfully.
A person of average intellect who thinks little about where he is going, has been encapsulated by circumstances into a down lifestyle, respects little, & cares less.
An innocent bystander in life going nowhere, angry that things have not worked out in his favor, even though many aspects of his life are reasonably good. He is unsure why, but certain he must dislike & take revenge upon others at all times.
An angry person, totally out of control, irrational, & unreasonable who has no self-respect, no comprehension of life's positive possibilites & its good fortune. He operates strictly to inflict damage upon his employer, neighbors, family members, & coworkers.
8.  What do you recommend as effective ways to deal with them, diminish their power, and retaliate?
Thank you . . . . .  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
WeCouldntMakeThisUp.com is a trademark of Technology America Corporation.  All rights reserved.  All other company and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

This site is on the highway of

Always useful, mapped and paved with information.SM
Use of this site is subject to all international and USA copyright laws.
Any third party web sites you may link to from here are entirely out of the control of WeCouldntMakeThisUp.com and Technology America Corporation. We do not endorse, and are not associated with, products, services, information, statements, material or people on, or connected with, third party sites.
WeCouldntMakeThisUp.comTM  ---  Ensuring the Liquefication of InformationSM
Copyright © Technology America Corporation, 2008-2010 USA