Food for Thought: Inactivity and Ineptitude

As we walk down this road of life we are often struck by the obvious inactivity and ineptitude of people all around us. It is especially frustrating when it comes from those in authority...

We live in a country that seems to excel in ineptitude--and consequently, we see a lot of inactivity. In the workplace, it is fairly common for one to cover up their inability to do something with inactivity. The sad thing is that we often seen this in the field of tennis officiating...

Inactivity often manifests itself in the following ways:

* Failure to follow through on promises and directives.

* Simply doing nothing with very little or no explanation.

* Trying to cover up by feigning illness or other excuses; i.e. too much work, not enough time, etc.

* Staying busy doing menial tasks to cover up their inactivity in relevant matters.

Inactivity manifests itself in the officiating world by:

* Looking the other way when an official is roving and knows they need to "be an official."

* Doing nothing about personal assignments.

* Blaming others for something so they can turn the spotlight off of themselves.

* Saying they will do something and then simply never follow through.

* Making endless promises but no product follows.

* Always acting like a leader but never producing anything of value.

Sadly, those officials rarely make it in the real world or in the real world of tennis officiating. Sadder still is that sometimes they occupy positions of leadership and then we all suffer the consequences.

I will leave it up your own reasoning as to their levels of ineptness to accompany their inactivity...