How do you handle it when you see lots of other people such as at work making dumb decisions?
468790
Inasmuch as I detest cliche...\n\nI feel your pain.\n\nI work in a municipal government in a function that I have devoted my career to...the environment.\n\nRecent personnel "changes" have not only led to a little personal upheaval in my workaday, but have also, more importantly, jeopardized...well, "things" (to avoid some detail).\n\nDepartment administration has installed, for all intents and purposes, a yes-man to oversee local operation.  Yes-man is a nice guy, but spends the majority of his time making sure his office supplies are fully stocked; not making operational decisions that are very important.\n\nThe department head (whom, I suppose, is ultimately my boss) is a spiteful, narrow-minded prole with a Napoleon complex that would stupify Dr. Phil.  He visits our facility, maybe three times a year, yet he pulls my boss' strings to make some of the most uninformed decisions one could ever make.\n\nI feel your pain.\n\nI'm learning, more and more, the power in powerlessness.  If I have no control or no say-so, I'm not going to get my blood pressure up trying to live with it.\n\nIt's a difficult task, to say the least, and although I'd rather have my testicles pounded flat with a rubber mallet than watch the morons screw up incessantly, there's not one, bloody thing I can do.\n\nCheers, chica.  Best o' Luck.
1000142
you need to take initiaticve and do it yourself.  Then present to your level of co-workers, let them have aome input.  Then present to the higer-ups.  or you can ask the higer-up to giv eyou a crack at it (which they would perfer, i'm sure, but since they are unorganized....)\nDo they have a board of diorector?  These are the folks who ususally are responsible for such an act.
1103161
Stop acting like God's gift and they'll start paying more attention to you.\n\nA wise old boss once told me, "When it's everybody else, it ain't everybody else."
121977
There's a old saying:\n"Listen to too much advice and you end up making other people's mistakes."\n\nTake advice under consideration, but let the final call be yours.
769820
lol there is always going to be someone that is naive or just plan stupid all the way around. i work at a flower shop and people call all the time and ask if we do fresh flowers, i just wanta reach into the phone and out the other end and smack them but in the end you can either laugh about it or say something about it to them and that outcome probably wont go so well. my advice smile and move on to the next one.
262368
I used to do the same thing , until an older employee said to me " You know who's fault it is, YOURS." I replied "your right and  I'm going to do something about it now."went out and took care of the problems with the employees and never complained again. As for being in the office with the boss, you have alot pull, that other people don't, because you got his ear all the time, you can plant ideas, good rule of thumb, don't push ideas, just suggest them, like i heard that company A lets their people off on this holiday, etc. and see what happens. most of the time you just have to plant the seed, by saying something and you can watch it grow. another thing you can say is "it seems awful cramped in here, think we could add on , so i could have more space for files, etc..  Always look at the positive side of your situation.
45235
This is indeed an awkward situation. I also never know what to do because sometimes it would be an insult because they don't want to be treated the same as the rest of the staff because they own the place, and so because of that I usually don't!
616802
some people are idiots.
650999
Lot of people might disagree with you and say their job already includes that.  Unfortunately it is their fudge that is getting packed.
666128
Is this a trick question? lol\n\nWell,I don't think it is the best thing to do,but it seems to happen all the time. The one in charge mostly seems to be the brunt of everyone else's jokes. Notice how it gets so quiet when he/she walks in the room? That is a good indication if you're the boss that they're either talking about you or talking about something else they shouldn't be at work. I suppose some people have good reason to complain about their boss,but laughing at them...let me see...hmmm..does this person act funny,look funny,tell stupid jokes to try to fit in,try to 'act' like the boss but really can't pull it off?  I suppose there would be some reasons why people might laugh,but does it really make you a better person if you join in? Put the shoe on the other foot.
590686
Oh BS.. you need to know that others work with like people.. and that you re NOT alone... although the people I work with have improve immensely over a short amount of time.. their true colors DO shine through of not really caring about the positions they hold...\n\nIt's frustrating knowing you care more than they do... that if you could change their mind set you would in a moment... \n\nBut hang in there.. It's good to know at least one of you care so much... Take heart in that.. Brighter days will come...Look for the good in them, and try hard to accept them, and help them be better people... Hard thing to do... but you'll feel better for trying to when they prove they are beyond hope.
154666
I would say your boss already knows this coworker is negative.  Running to the boss only makes you look childish.  The reality is that we are powerless over how other people behave and this individual may just be a negative person period.  You nor your boss can change that.  Actually most of us will never really change unless we have some overwhelming and huge life experience or spiritural experience.  With all life problems we have 4 choices: "do nothing", "change it", "accept it", or "get out of it".  Since you are asking the question, I assume you are unwilling to "do nothing" and just grumble about your co-worker and be miserable.  Since you can not "change" your co-worker, you are left with "accept" them just as they are and practice kind tolerance, or "get out" and get a new job.  Your happiness is your responsiblity.  Oh and also, you can't help your co-workers either.  They have to decide which of the 4 options they want.
861914
You should try to ignore them. You're there to work, so just work and ignore them, that's the best thing you can do and you won't get in trouble
1177353
i sin by thinking about vengence today on some mean co workers but its not in my hands anymore you have to let go and ignore!\n\n silence kills!
164282
On occasion someone takes over the group who is not as smart as they think he/she is.
231888
Just tell them they have to think about other people once in a while. They might get defensive at first, but they'll think about it and come around.
310647
Well......keep following the rules But Do Not and I repeat Do Not follow your co-workers around telling them how they are not following the rules and also don't be a "tattle tale".   Nobody likes working with someone like that. And as Crazy as it sounds just because you follow all the rules to a T it doesn't mean that You are more productive or a more valuable employee than someone who may bend them sometimes. Just focus on your own work and what you do and you won't have time to worry about who is following the rules.    Good Luck.