Weaponized Incompetence: How Coworkers and Husbands Outsourced Effort Since Doomsday
Turns out, 'weaponized incompetence' is not a secret CIA weapon but the name for people (mostly men) doing chores or work tasks so badly they dodge responsibility — like that guy who keeps "forgetting" where pot lids go or the coworker claiming he can't handle PowerPoint because tech is 'scary.' Neuropsychologist Sanam Hafeez and clinical director Brianna Paruolo explain how this gem of human laziness floods workplaces and marriages in 2025, raising burnout, frustration, and passive-aggressive dishwashing tours. Try telling them 'I’ve walked you through it twice, now you do it' or just wait for the emotional grenade of repeated mistakes. Spoiler: This mess has been going since middle school home-ec classes taught teamwork wasn't actually teamwork if one person quits.
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Weaponized incompetence: The art of doing less by pretending you can’t do simple adult tasks—handy for dodging dishes or reports but exhausting the rest of us. Apparently, faking cluelessness is the 2025 corporate survival skill nobody asked for.
If slacking was an Olympic sport, weaponized incompetence would win gold for turning 'I don’t know how' into a lifetime career strategy.
When your coworker 'can’t type' but can update their fantasy football lineup flawlessly, that’s weaponized incompetence applauding their own genius.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 10/2/2025 | Author: Nandini Maharaj
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