Playing Dumb

I'm not the smartest person on the planet and I don't always "get" things right away. But when I act like I don't understand something, it's because I really don't. My latest pet peeve is people playing clueless.

I realize that this has been around for decades, possibly centuries, but I've just started seeing it more and more at work. And we're not talking about people who pretend not to know what's going on for political reasons. I'm talking about those people who sit in meetings and nod in agreement to a request only to act completely clueless two days later when you ask them for what they promised. I can't decide whether it's laziness, forgetfullness or just sheer incompetence. But I do think it's an attempt to get out of certain tasks.

Can you imagine what a household would be like if everyone acted like that? Gee, I would have taken out the trash, but I don't know when the garbage truck comes, even though I've lived here FIVE YEARS. What? You're supposed to clean out the cat box? I thought the cat pooh fairy took care of that.

Sorry to rant. Too many faux idiots to deal with today. Maybe I'll just pretend like I don't speak English anymore. Que????