Never fight with an idiot

As I was driving to work this morning, I remembered a similar morning in Kuwait many years ago. It was rush hour, and a single-lane road connecting to the 5th Ring Road had conveniently been converted into two lanes, with no regard for the term “right of way”.

I was driving a saloon car when a rugged four-wheel drive started pushing me from my right and eventually forced me to stop as our metals clinked.

I lowered the window and, before I could open my mouth, the other guy said:

“I agree I am an idiot! But what is wrong with you? You should have stopped.”

I was dumbfounded.

The only answer I could have given was, “Hey, I am an idiot too.” But I was forced to leave the scene as hundreds of cars behind us were getting restless and had started honking in a way that could easily have given the South African vuvuzela a good run for its money!

Later, I asked myself… was I competing with that idiot in idiocracy?

Unfortunately, the answer was YES!

Lessons learnt

Never fight with an idiot, even if you are right.

It’s a no-win situation—or should I say, a LOSE–LOSE situation?

You are either defeated by an idiot, or, if you win, you end up being a bigger idiot yourself.