A disease for which the main symptom is never learning how to do simple tasks for yourself. Always asking others to do things for you--especially in the
workplace. A
carrier of the disease is usually fully
dependent on coworkers and the employees below them.
"Hey Susie, I'm going to need you to put
postage on this for me. I just never learned how to use the postage machine...I have
learned helplessness"
"I've had learned helplessness ever since I got promoted to CEO. Can you copy this
double-sided for me? I just can't bring myself to figure it out."