"I'm with the Moron Party!"

This one happened about six months ago, but the sheer stupidity of it still runs through my mind.

We have a customer, who also knows the family from 'way back'. Way back in the days when he hung out in strip clubs, dated strippers, etc. He's never had a lot of ambition for himself, steady employment has never been his life goal nor has he worked much to achieve anything other than subsisting. He frequently makes comments redolent with 'class envy' and his general view on life seems to be that everyone owes him something. Overall he's nice enough; he's not generally rude or anything. You know if a cashier gave him too much money he wouldn't say a word; he wouldn't return a wallet he found (at least not with any money in it). I'm sure everyone knows someone like this guy.

Apparently he developed a case of cancer a year back and is finally done with treatment. Of course to hear him tell it, it's all because he's poor and nonwhite that he didn't get some new or better treatment than what he was given. (He did not PAY for the treatment that eventually cured him, I might add. But that's apparently irrelevant.) He of course went on about how we need free health care here in the States, on and on. I did ask, "Well you did get free health care, so what gives?" He ignored that.

Then he started giving his knowledgeable political opinion. He gave this opinion in front of a store full of people, at some volume. He stated that "There ain't no terrorists! They attacked us cuz Bush and his fambly owed them money!" I thought surely, he's kidding, and I laughed. No sir, he was serious! So I asked him if that was true, did the Russians and the Spanish and the poor people in the UK also owe them money, as well as Israel? Rather than answer that, he repeated his 'Bush owed them oil money'. Wow. I had a Ron White moment: Ya can't fix stupid!

He's been in a few times since then. Still not caring much whether he works regularly, his lot in life has nothing of course to do with his lack of desire to be a responsible citizen. And that pack of smokes he carries around will surely not benefit his current cancer-free status. (But that will be everyone else's fault too if his cancer returns; he just wasn't cured properly the first time I'm sure.)

I hope he didn't have any kids, from the shallow end of the gene pool.