Idiots!!!!
IDIOTS IN SERVICE:
This week, all our office phones went dead and I had to contact the
telephone repair people. They promised to be out between 8:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.
When I asked if they could give me a smaller time window, the pleasant
gentleman asked, "Would you like us to call you before we come?" I replied that
I didn't see how he would be able to do that, since our phones weren't working.
He also requested that we report future outages by email (Does YOUR
email work without a telephone line?).
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IDIOTS AT WORK:
I was signing the receipt for my credit card purchase when the clerk
noticed I had never signed my name on the back of the credit card. She
informed me that she could not complete the transaction unless the card was
signed.
When I asked why, she explained that it was necessary to compare the
signature I had just signed on the receipt. So I signed the credit card in front
of her.
She carefully compared the signature to the one I had just signed on
the receipt.
As luck would have it, they matched.
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IDIOTS IN THE NEIGHBOuRHOOD:
I live in a semi-rural area. We recently had a new neighbour 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 1:
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 2:
The stoplight on the corner buzzes
when it's safe to cross the
street. I was crossing with an intellectually-challenged co-worker 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 3:
At a good-bye luncheon for an old and dear co-worker who is 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 4:
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 5:
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!" To which he replied, "I know - I already got that side."
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