Mississippi is slap-full of inept people - says the moron from Kentucky

It's people like the moron referred to in the title of this blog that keep the South down. According to him, no one in Mississippi can speak English. Well, in the words of my father-in-law, Kentucky is full of horses' asses!

In my line of work, we deal with people who have an "I'm better than you" attitude. They also tend to pass judgement -albeit too quickly- on our staff, because we live in Mississippi. NEWSFLASH! For everyone that doesn't live in the great state of Mississippi...We do have running water and electricity (as long as we pay the bill) and we don't run around barefooted, in overalls, chewing on a piece of hay. There are no cows running rampant through the streets either. I do know of one instance at State where a cow did get away, but that's another story for another day.

Back to the matter at hand....
A financial advisor (aka, overpaid salesman) calls in to our office to do nothing short of dog cuss our business practices and employees. I think his original purpose for the call was to lodge a complaint. Funny though; he couldn't mention a single example to base his complaint on. I guess he figured that while he was calling, he would go ahead and belittle our employees and tell us what he really thought about our company. As a side note, the business he has with us is old. Most of his plans have been around for 4+ years. And, in those years, he has never actively pursued new business. However, at least twice a year (maybe more) he threatens to take his existing business somewhere else. We really wish he would.

A short time into his one-sided conversation, he starts unloading his tirade. He says...no one at our company can speak English. Bad grammar equates directly to a lack of education. (We once had an employee with an MBA who said things like "you is" and "axe" when she meant ask). In the same breath, he said, "I can understand. I'm sure it's hard to find good help in Mississippi."

I think we all pretty much zoned out of the conversation at that point. Nothing else he said after that seemed important, or valid. After I sobered up from his verbal slap in the face, I asked the only question that would matter.

"Oh yeah? Where is he from?"

To which the response was....."Kentucky."