Dumb people in Mensa

This is an impulse post so I will keep it brief. I just got a resume from someone that seemed reasonable on the phone - I scan through it and near the end I see:

"Member of MENSA since 1999"

This person hung up on me when I let him know that despite his education and PMP certification, spending the last 5 years selling retail electronics has not qualified him for a $120-$140k Sr. Program Manager job.

How can someone who is supposed to be so smart be so dumb?

For future reference, here are some things to leave off your resume:

1. Anything to do with knives or guns or swords (unless you are a gunsmith, etc)
2. Anything to do with video games, especially World of Warcraft (unless you design video games)
3. Political or religious affiliations (unless directly related to the job)
4. Your picture. Recruiters will tell you there is an inverse relationship between how attractive someone is and how likely they are to include a picture in their resume. The engineering profession is rife with this practice and it does not help anyone.
5. Anything related to the adult industry (yeah, you know, unless it is somehow relevant). If you were a stripper or worked in an adult book store or designed adult websites, in most cases, you should just leave that stuff off. You will not be breaking the law - I promise.
6. Don't list "President/CEO" of your own company if you had less than, say... $500,000 in revenue and especially if you were the only person. The snicker factor is just not worth the ego boost.
7. Anything that is designed to indicate that you are exceptionally smart (Mensa) or good looking (Miss County Fair 1982). It makes you look shallow.

I admit the Mensa thing set me off. It's a pet peeve because I developed a negative association about 5 years ago when I was in the book store. A man and woman in matching sweats (I recall them as sweaty, but that is probably just my bias coloring my memory) talking among themselves in that tone that people use when they want to be overheard:

"DO THEY HAVE THE NEW MENSA CALENDAR?"

"I don't see it"

"wait... what is that?"

"HEY! THEY DO HAVE THE NEW MENSA CALENDAR! I HOPE IT'S BETTER THAN LAST YEARS MENSA CALENDAR!"

And so on.

So - yes, I have a little bit of a bias. I'm human, sue me...