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rewarded incompetence

When there is a task or job function that you consistently screw up so the organization assigns the task to someone else, this rewarding the incompetence with lower responsibility.
Jim was responsible for printing and applying the labels to the shipping boxes, but kept putting the wrong labels on, so it is now his supervisors responsibility. Thus Jim has received rewarded incompetence with lower responsibility.
by anonymous May 19, 2024
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Weaponized Incompetence

When someone does a simple task requested of them badly on purpose so they seem too incompetent to do said task, thus ensuring nothing is ever asked of them again.
Jill: "Will you do *insert simple task here*?"
Jack: "Ugh, I guess." *Does it wrong so she feels that she can't trust him to do it right*
Jill: *Sees the horrible job jack did* "Oh.. I guess I should just do it myself next time.."
Jack: "Great! Weaponized incompetence works!"
Jill: "... What..?"
by ExplodingStrawberries November 8, 2024
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Les Incompetents

Person1: you're what the french call "les incompetents"
Person2: is that the one quote from home alone!?!?
by bonbontofu January 8, 2025
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Qualified Incompetence

A pseudo-legal shield granted to self-declared constitutional experts who have no formal education, no courtroom wins, and no idea what habeas corpus means—but do have a ring light, a YouTube channel, and a deep commitment to shouting at traffic stops.
Qualified Incompetence protects the following behaviors:
• Quoting the Constitution out of context while live-streaming from a car
• Filing lawsuits with the same strategic finesse as a toddler launching spaghetti
• Declaring oneself a “law scholar” despite being defeated in court more times than a parking ticket
• Misinterpreting the First Amendment so badly it violates the Eighth
by pro_sadie May 16, 2025
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ceo of incompetence much

Zoomerese for corporate authority figure who just doesn't get it.
"CEO of incompetence much I am just a second away from cancelling all of you" - Random Zoomer
by TheHeroKing April 22, 2023
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The assertion that no food identification system can be both comprehensive and unambiguous
Lodge's Incompleteness Theorem questions whether a slice of quiche a toast or a taco under the Cube Rule of Food Identification.
by kingwotzit July 19, 2023
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