Stupid is as Stupid does

There are two ways to go when you are faced with tactless people

You can get angry at them

Or you can be amused by them.

Luckily, I am generally amused by them.

Years ago, when I was a psychiatric nurse, I remember " observing" a teenage anorexic patient in her room.

The girl weighed only a matter of a few stone and was placed on 1 to1 observation

to prevent her injuring herself.

The girl was quietly reading a book, as I sat in the doorway, and as we sat there the domestic, a cheerful Caribbean mama ,was buffing up the wooden floor in the corridor.

As the domestic passed the doorway, she waved cheerfully at the young girl and sang out

a rather surprising greeting of "  hello fatty"

a salutation that made the girl open her eyes as wide as a bushbaby

And made me almost choke to death laughing.

It's the verbal equivalent of a suicide bomber

Potentially dangerous psychologically

But incredibly funny

More recently, at work, a colleague that does not know me very well, 

heard me talking about Chris. My conversation was pretty mundane and my co worker 

Interrupted with no hint of self awareness

" Could I ask , in your relationship with Chris who plays the woman?"

The comment was so left field, that I promptly burst into laughter

But I did make sure that the girl understood what I really thought of her question

when I clarified my laugh with the smiling reply of

" what a fucking stupid comment"

Tactless people can be amusing

But stupid people
 do need a slap from time to time