Someone stupid enough to try to pet the tigers at the zoo.
Coined by The Daily Show's John Oliver in the latter days of the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign, to define a certain percentage of the electorate too stupid to have decided on a candidate yet.
That jackass who jumped into the polar bear pool in the Berlin Zoo was lucky to get out alive! That tiger petter should have been ripped to shreds.
An individual(usually in a position of power)who is unable or unwilling to move forward with new ideas, methods to improve their business or get key decision makers involved because they are stuck in their old ways of thinking; becoming as worthless as a potted plant that just takes up desk space.
"I had a great conversation with Ann today but she's as worthless as a potted plant. She can't even get our proposal in front of her SVP, let alone their CFO."