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  1. F40

    F40 F1 Rookie

    Apr 16, 2003
    3,230
    AZ
    #1 F40, Feb 18, 2005
    IDIOTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD: 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 were being hit by cars" and he didn't want them to cross there anymore.

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    IDIOTS 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.

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    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."

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    IDIOT SIGHTING: The stoplight on the corner buzzes when it's safe to cross the street. I was crossing with an intellectually challenged coworker of mine when 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?!"

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

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

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    IDIOT SIGHTING: When my husband and I arrived at an car 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!" To which he replied, "I know - I already got that side."
     
  2. shiggins

    shiggins Formula 3

    Nov 20, 2004
    1,280
    #2 shiggins, Feb 18, 2005
    Oh I want to play :D

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    IDIOT SIGHTING: My neighbor bought an H2. I went over to check out the car and eventually asked him why he bought such a big truck. His response, "They are redoing the parking lot at work and they tore up the asphalt. I wanted something better in the dirt so I don't get stuck" He traded a gorgeous black E55.

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    IDIOT SIGHTING: A new secretary was hired at my office, I was complaining about how someone left the coffee pot empty. She said she makes the best coffee and that she will bring me one; sounded great!. She went home, made coffee, and brought it back with saran wrap over the coffee pot lid. Time wasted 1.5 hrs.

    I'm sure I will think of more, this is within the last few weeks.
     
  3. Bryan

    Bryan Formula 3

    Nov 1, 2003
    1,310
    Montrose, Colorado
    #3 Bryan, Feb 18, 2005
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    IDIOT SIGHTING: Helpdesk caller "Where is the PRESS key?"
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    IDIOT SIGHTING: Secretary asked to make a copy of a floppy disk and send to the customer, runs it through the Xerox machine and mails the paper copy.
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    IDIOT SIGHTING: Secretary asked to make a copy of a 5 1/4 inch floppy (remember those?) and send it to the customer, makes the correct copy, staples it to transmittal letter and mails it.


    Here's your sign...
     
  4. FarmerDave

    FarmerDave F1 World Champ
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    Jul 26, 2004
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    #4 FarmerDave, Feb 18, 2005
    I spent the weekend at Frankfurt Int'l Airport because I lost my passport. It was the end of a 3 week trip and I had literally like 40 dollars left on me, so I just slept on benches until monday morning when the consulate opened and I could get a new passport. I was brain dead by the time I got it straightened out

    Anyway, when I was finally checking in to get on the plane home, the lady asked me something similar to the above, and kept answering "yes" or whatever the wrong answer was, because I had been asked a different version of this same question the entire trip, and I was on autopilot. she got pretty pissed at me.

    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    Okay I admit, a fairly weak story.
    I have another, much funnier anecdote about the secretary of the interior of germany pushing me out of a train, but thats for another thread.
     
  5. Jdubbya

    Jdubbya The $10 Trillion Man
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    Dec 28, 2003
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    #5 Jdubbya, Feb 19, 2005
    "Where is the ANY key?"
     
  6. Aureus

    Aureus Formula 3

    Mar 8, 2004
    2,126
    Louisiana,California
    #6 Aureus, Feb 19, 2005
    Caller: "No I won't give you my credit card number"
    Me: "Well thats alright, will you just go ahead and get your check book, we can do a digital check"
    Caller: "Oh, ok"
    Me: "So just read me the string of numbers on the bottom of your check"
    Caller: Gives me the routing number of their bank and their checking account number.

    I loved the hilarity of that. Society has trained people to not want to give out their credit card number over the phone, but their routing number? Their checknig account number? No no, that’s perfectly fine.
     

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