Idiot Sighting

  • Thread starter Thread starter Bruce
  • Start date Start date
B

Bruce

Guest
Idiot Sighting
Be Careful Out There:

IDIOT SIGHTING:
We had to have the garage door repaired. The Sears repairman told us that one of our problems was that we did not have a "large" enough motor on the opener. I thought for a minute and said that we had the largest one Sears made at that time, a 1/2 horsepower. He shook his head and said, "Lady, you need a 1/4 horsepower." I responded that 1/2 was larger than 1/4. He said, "NO, it’s not." Four is larger than two.."


We haven’t used Sears repair since.


IDIOT SIGHTING
My daughter and I went through the McDonald’s take-out window and I gave the clerk a $5 bill. Our total was $4.25, so I also handed her a quarter. She said, "you gave me too much money." I said, "Yes I know, but this way you can just give me a dollar bill back." She sighed and went to get the manager who asked me to repeat my request. I did so, and he handed me back the quarter, and said “We’re sorry but they could not do that kind of thing." The clerk then proceeded to give me back $1 and 75 cents in change.

Do not confuse the clerks at McD’s.


IDIOT SIGHTING:
I live in a semi-rural area. We recently had a new neighbor call the local township administrative office to request the removal of the DEER CROSSING sign on our road. The reason: "Too many deer are being hit by cars out here. I don’t think this is a good place for them to be crossing anymore."

From Kingman , KS .



IDIOT SIGHTING IN FOOD SERVICE:
My daughter went to a local Taco Bell and ordered a taco. She asked the person behind the counter for "minimal lettuce." He said he was sorry, but they only had iceberg lettuce.
From Kansas City



IDIOT SIGHTING:
I was at the airport, checking in at the gate, when an airport employee asked, "Has anyone put anything in your baggage without your knowledge?" To which I replied, "If it was without my knowledge, how would I know?" He smiled knowingly and nodded, "That’s why we ask."

Happened in Birmingham , Ala.



IDIOT SIGHTING:
The stoplight on the corner buzzes when it’s safe to cross the street. I was crossing with an intellectually challenged coworker. She asked if I knew what the buzzer was for. I explained that it signals blind people when the light is red. Appalled, she responded, "What on earth are blind people doing driving?!"

She was a probation officer in Wichita , KS




IDIOT SIGHTING:
At a good-bye luncheon for an old and dear coworker: she was leaving the company due to "downsizing." Our manager commented cheerfully, "This is fun. We should do this more often." Not another word was spoken. We all just looked at each other with that deer-in-the-headlights stare.

This was a lunch at Texas Instruments.




IDIOT SIGHTING:
I work with an individual who plugged her power strip back into itself and for the sake of her life, couldn’t understand why her system would not turn on.

A deputy with the Dallas County Sheriffs office, no less.




IDIOT SIGHTING:
When my husband and I arrived at an automobile dealership to pick up our car, we were told the keys had been locked in it. We went to the service department and found a mechanic working feverishly to unlock the driver’s side door. As I watched from the passenger side, I instinctively tried the door handle and discovered that it was unlocked. "Hey," I announced to the technician, "it’s open!" His reply, "I know. I already got that side."

This was at the Ford dealership in Canton , Mississippi



STAY ALERT!

They walk among us… and the scary part is that they VOTE
 
:worried...I know and I can tell you from experience they are BOSSES too!!!!!!!!.. I kid you not.. and they wonder why EVERY TWELVE weeks I DEMAND a 2 week vacation off in our Rehab and Restorative Nursing home Facility..

they work under me, WITH me and the majority of them IN Administrative Above me!!... and handle literally MILLIONS of dollars.. :(.. so in order for me to maintain and retain any sanity I have left after 100+ hours each and every two week payroll period I get the HELL away from them all!!...

after being a nurse for 30 years ( this year).. I really and truly marvel that I have to be in this Biz for a minumum of 12 more years..and it's a for sure I WILL be cutting down,and cutting back on hours or totally lose it!!!!!!!!!!!..( my Dear parents called a bunch of them over-educated idiots for years..and I was in earlier years with my parents; and thought Hmm maybe they are/ were wrong..NO!!.. but after seeing them run their business, and helping them over the years with bankers, lawyers, and bean counters, and now with me IN Administration too.. I for sure now commiserate ..:(..

and =lolgang.. don't even *ASK* my husband who runs the paving for the ENTIRE State of Vermont for his job..the layers, and layers of total FOOLS.. built into the system...OY Vey.. he after 20 plus years is more than ready to retire ...trouble is he has 9 more years to do..=eek...Power Ball anyone?? :dizzy..

Thanks for the share...=hugs Joanne
 
The McD one, well sadly that is more common than we should have to experience. Thankfully for computerized registers.

But dealing with the general public, you wonder sometimes how they make it to the potty room in the morning.
 
I had a friend who had just gotten a new car after years of driving an old clunker. We parked, and opened the car door and the alarm went off. She said that really was an annoying noise and she hated it. But she said that it was a good thing tho, because when the alarm went off and she looked to see why, she always found that she had left her keys in the ignition. The she said, "I wonder if that is the reason the alarm goes off?"
 
2 co-workers and myself were talking about when we were in elementery school and how mothers would bring in cupcakes on birthdays. Angie said she never had a birthday party in school. Our other co-worker Mandy said "Why? Because your birthday always fell on a weekend?" She was serious. Angies Birthday was in July.
 
I haven't mentioned this, but I recently got off workers comp from my back injury, and when I needed to go back to work, I didn't want to hunt and interview for an admin asst. job and ask for two weeks off for my cruise in (then) 90 days, so I took a temp PT job as a cashier in a hardware store. I have never ever worked retail in my life, never had to deal with the public (not that DOJ or Homeland security is so much better!) and it's been a real eye opener.

Just today:

First, this ding dong came in and said that she had gotten her ear pierced, and it had closed up. Did we have a tool to open it back up?

Then some guy came in stinking of alcohol, about 11am! He reeked! I actually had to step back, the fumes were so strong. He looked at me and said, "I've been coming in here for 30 years, and you are the first old lady I've ever seen in here. It's about time they got someone with some brains. I hope you don't feel bad because I said that!" I said, "No, I don't feel bad. Just old."

I can't wait. Sixty more days and I can quit. :bounce
 
You know the film that comes over the face of a clock, calculator or a watch that shows you the size of the numbers? At least once a day we would have someone come in and ask for a refund because the numbers didn't change. The last one, I just couldn't take it any more, so I reached over, yanked the film off and told him, "Now they will!."

We took passport photos, with a pull down white backdrop. I had 2 different women, who when I asked them to stand in front of the screen, walked up and touched their noses to the screen and said, "Like this?" I told them "Yes if they wanted the passport to show the back of their heads!"

Excuse the typing, Simon is standing on the desk with his paws on my shoulder, kneading it. Hard to type that way.
 
I think I have ran into quite a few of these people at one time or another over the years!
 
"First, this ding dong came in and said that she had gotten her ear pierced, and it had closed up. Did we have a tool to open it back up?"

Oh Glo-Bug...you mean you didn't hand her an ice pick? or a long nail and a big hammer? The ice pick would have been my first instinct and ooohh sooo tempting.
 
LOL! Actually, this guy who works there in cust. svc. told her to go home and use an ice cube and a sterilized needle. We laughed about using an ice pick and a hammer, too!
 
Back
Top