Super High IQ Toy Aisle Chick

It is possible to be so smart
that you are stupid!

My wife and I were walking through one of the toy aisles at a local department store looking for some Christmas presents for our kids. We stopped in one aisle to look at some ridiculous all-the-rage, have-to-have it toy of the year and overheard an intriguing conversation between two store clerks one aisle over. We first heard a female voice say “My IQ is so high. I’m off the charts.” Then a male voice responded “I’m really happy for you, keep stocking the shelves.” The conversation continued between the toy aisle self-proclaimed-braniac and who we think was her supervisor.  My first thought was “Hmm, why are you working in the toy aisle of a department store not challenging your genius mind and by going to college?”

I looked at my wife and we laughed at each other a bit and eagerly waited for the next volley of conversation from the next aisle. So we listened more. She continued on “I’m just too smart for college, it will only limit my abilities and I won’t learn anything if I go. I tried to go to a couple of different schools and just failed out. I’m too smart for them and they can’t keep my interest.” I started talking loudly, making fun of the too-smart-for-college moron stocking toys on the shelf. “My IQ is so high that could have went to Harvard but I chose MIT instead. I was super smart, and graduated college with my PhD at age 18.” My wife kept telling me to shut up and moved on. I just couldn’t let it go.

I peeked around the corner to observe the lucky guy on the receiving end of her ramblings. I think his eyes were permanently rolled back in his head in disgust and in utter amazement of his delusional coworker. I could have saved him by asking for assistance to find something but I kept moving. On a side note, I would like to thank that gentleman for taking one for the team and keeping Miss Smarty Pants occupied until we were far away from the toy department.

We made it to the movie department to look at a few new releases. There was one that the kids really wanted but they were sold out. I went to the counter and pressed the button for customer service. I started looking around for my assistance to arrive and low and behold Super Smart Girl showed up. I told her that I needed a rain check and she seemed a little peeved. She tried to give me one but kept messing things up with the cash register. After a few minutes of her utter ineptitude with the register I gave up and walked away. I muttered some stuff about how a super genius was outdone by a cash register and went in search of my wife. High I-Q? My A-S-S!

I continued mocking her genius-ness as we shopped. Maybe she was too smart for her own good? Ha! I don’t think so. If you are going to claim to be that smart you better have something to back it up. Go to college! If you are that smart you should be able to go for free! If you are broke, you should be able to go for free as well (unless you are from a middle-class family, then you are royally screwed on the financial aid. That’s a story for a later time.)

If you’re that smart, I think you would at least be working in electronics and not in the toy department. Get your degree, and then tell people how smart you are. Have something to backup your self-proclaimed uber-intelligence! At least shut your pie hole so your co-workers don’t have to listen to you all day long. Last I checked the earth still revolved around the sun, not you.