You must have spent too much of your career in a cubicle ... I dealt with the public most of my life and ... believe me ... there are a LOT of people that stupid.
Heck, look at it this way ... Obama got elected as POTUS ... FRIGGING TWICE!!!!
"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body. But rather, to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming...WOW, What a Ride!"