It seems that almost everywhere I go, if I present an idea for something, either for an improvement of something estabblished, a new idea nodody's tried or done before, or I note a problem and an idea to fix it, I'm told it's stupid, not important, or otherwse not a good idea. Sometime later, sometimes later on the same day, somebody else presents the same idea to the same people, and now it's so awesome, and OMG that person's a geeeeniiiiiusssss! The fact that I said something first is never even remembered, let alone taken into consideration. And if I complain, or just mention anything about it, I just get told that the person who took the idea is smarter, more popular, or otherwise better than me, therefore nobody's ever gonna give a shit about what I say, so who cares?

This happens almost daily, and almost everywhere I go: With family, work, and a ton of other places I frequently go to and talk to people. I've gotten to the point that I'm just not gonna say anything, since it's just gonna get shot down, and later taken by someone else that will get all the credit. Having that happen every so often isn't all that bad, and I'd be willing to let that roll off my back, and prolly write it off as a misunderstanding. But when it happens every time I open my mouth, it gets frustrating as hell.

At least, that's what I can quickly type out before going in to work, anyway.

~Kyetsu