“If you don’t like my crappy, mediocre candidate who is all sloppy and no Joe, why don’t YOU run for office, then?!”
Yeah see, that’s not how it works.
I hire a contractor to build me a house because I don’t know how to build one, and learning how to build a house from start to finish, top to bottom would take me far more time than I have available. I need a house built for me right now. And even then, I might just end up not being very good at it after I have spent the time to learn.
But I’m not going to hire a contractor based on things like charisma or charm, no matter how excited I am at the prospect of the big gorgeous house he claims he’s going to build for me. If I ask him how he plans to build my house and how much it will cost and tell him I want to see the specs, and he brushes me off and says I don’t need to worry about all that, it only distracts from the idea of the house and he’ll figure it out as he does along, LOL I’m not hiring that dude to build my house.
If I attend a piano concerto and the person can’t even bang out Chopsticks without totally fucking up, I don’t need to be able to play the piano better than that person to know they’re terrible at it.
—emily duchaine
Flommist Emily Duchaine lives in the Pacific Northwest. She likes to drink mead, learn about sharks, and listen to the Talking Heads. She pretends to be a professional businesswoman most days. Copyright © 2019 Emily Duchaine.
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