Simple maths
Our trainee is a nice lad. Sometimes he can totally surprise you with an act of kindness or an unexpected mature and helpful response. Other times he can completely baffle you with unparalleled fuckwittery.

Highlights of fuckwittery include:

[During a boring training session I was delivering to check he was still awake]
Me: "How minutes in an hour, Nick?"
Nick: "I dunno..."
Me: "Seriously?"
Nick: "I didn't do maths"
Me: "But you have to, it's core curriculum isn't it?"
Nick: "I was always getting kicked out of class"
Me:"...."

[Upon having to cancel a focus group at short notice]

My Boss: "Nick, please can you put a sign on training room door to tell anyone who hasn't had the e-mail that the focus group has been cancelled?"
Nick : "Yep..."

Boss walks past the door and finds the 'sign' on the door in the form of a piece of notepad paper, replete with shorthand telephone notes nestled in the top corner, sellotaped landscape to the door with "Focus group cancelled see Nick in IT"

But bless him he's a lovely lad and secretly I'm quite fond of him.
(Fireyfox is prepared to change, Sat 5 Mar 2011, 21:46, Reply)