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Incompetent

from [sic] by George Hrab

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Incompetent

Sometimes I think it would be neat to be incompetent
Ambivalent to all the money that is being spent
A person who can't do their job and yet complain a lot
A person with the hanging drool and dribble sticky snot
Ewww…dribbly sticky snot

Incompetents are people that I always do deal with
The customer is always right has turned into a myth
The vacant stare behind the eyes always reveals to me
This moron has been raised on Pop Tarts and cable TV
Cable TV: hundreds of thousands of channels all stuck in a row.

Incompetent incontinent inscrutable dillutable
retainable not to blamable
Inflammable, un-shame-able, the same old bull.
How could you hire someone that you knew was so incompetent?

You go and foolishly expect to get the service right
But then they laugh at you as soon as you are out of sight
Then charge you double for the work that isn't even done
And if you argue, then if you argue then your fun has only just begun

You do not want to be a jerk but something must be said
You threaten that you'll take your business somewhere else instead
You call the manager and tell him what you're going to do
But then you realize he's incompetent too—
incompetent too, what cha’ gonna do?

Incompetent incontinent inscrutable dillutable
retainable not to blamable
Inflammable, un-shame-able, the same old bull. the push and pull

You went to college for to earn your degree
to learn about stuff you already knew
Your roommate was a little guy who always did his homework
He went by the name of stew
You decided to join an organization consisting of letters
like Kappa and Alpha and gamma and mu
Whose main activity was imbibing
and wearing clothing from J.Crew
You were psyched when you got your own Beirut table
and painted it blue
You got an application in your mailbox
and you knew just what you had to do
It just so happened Uncle Fred worked at the financial aid office
and magically your work study money grew and grew and grew
You wasted four years in business administration
with courses like horticultural, cash flow 2.2
You graduate and get a job working for Elmer's
the place where they make all the glue
Then you quit and transferred to someplace that I shop
and now you're incompetent too

Wouldn't it just be easier to hire a guy who knew what to do?

There's so much left for me to bitch and cry and moan about
But if I did, then someone else would get pissed off and shout
And who am I to think I am the only one who will be
Left floating on the scum of this incompetent sea.

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from [sic], released August 10, 1996
Words, music, and all noise, by George Hrab

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George Hrab Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

George Hrab is a multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, story teller, science advocate, producer, composer, & vigilant defender of the Theory of Gravity. He’s produced seven studio albums, 800 plus podcasts, two books, one concert DVD and is determined to keep making more and more stuff everyday. ... more

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