IDIOT SIGHTING
I handed the teller at my bank a withdrawal slip for $400.00
I said "May I have large bills, please"
She looked at me and said "I'm sorry sir, all the bills are the same size."
When I got up off the floor I explained it to her....
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 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, MS
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 we 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 of mine. 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 who 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 Sheriff s office, no less.
Idiot sighting
Lm clicked on my match.com profile.
Quote from: bobspapa on February 21, 2013, 07:47:14 PM
Idiot sighting
Lm clicked on my match.com profile.
[laugh] [laugh] [laugh] and I invited you to the VIP package for the MotoGp. :D
I was on a lucky streak that summer.
Last week I stopped a city bus with two arson suspects on it. The next day, another police officer (a female supervisor with a masters degree) asked me, "How do you stop a bus?"
"Uhh, I used those lights bolted to the top of the car."
idiot sighting (police)
Quote from: jaxduc on February 21, 2013, 10:15:35 PM
idiot sighting (police)
[laugh] [laugh] [laugh] [drink]
(http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/chiflado/24690761fb98dc52471103bbe4a282d4.jpg)
I hate to be the one.
You do realize these are the same people guiding 3,000+ pound objects around you while you're [Dolph].
Wear gear for every ride (always), and pay attention.
Quote from: sno_duc on February 22, 2013, 09:58:04 PM
I hate to be the one.
You do realize these are the same people guiding 3,000+ pound objects around you while you're [Dolph].
Wear gear for every ride (always), and pay attention.
No matter how much gear you wear, it won't matter. :D
Every Tuesday and Thursday at work.
His name is Mark.
He's about to graduate with dual bachelors degrees in Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering.
God help us all.
I work in a bank ..... a women called on the phone... she told me how she could pay her bill's in her bank account. whit another bank online services..
So i said "do you do business whit us? "
So she said "no"
To which I replied
"well you have to call your bank where you do business" [roll]
so she said
"your supped to know how my bank works" :o
so I've said " mam, i don't work for your bank ...how I'm suppose to know how their electronic system's work's...call your bank where you do business and they will tell you ..." [roll]
I personally was not at this meeting but I saw our engineer about an hour later and he was still shaking his head.
Commissioning a new multi storey building air conditioning control system.
Customer says that we should use "start" and "stop" and not "run" and "stop" because someone may see the word "run" on the screen during an emergency and evacuate the building.
Quote from: brimo on February 23, 2013, 03:06:21 PM
I personally was not at this meeting but I saw our engineer about an hour later and he was still shaking his head.
Commissioning a new multi storey building air conditioning control system.
Customer says that we should use "start" and "stop" and not "run" and "stop" because someone may see the word "run" on the screen during an emergency and evacuate the building.
A 3 state status, OFF, ON and POSSIBLY ON
I'm a UPS driver & you'd be surprised by how many people ask me if they can pick up their packages at the post office if they're not home or if I have their package and they show me a USPS delivery notice. [roll]
Then they get miffed when I tell them I don't work for the Post Office.
Well, maybe you wouldn't be surprised. ;D
Quote from: krolik on February 23, 2013, 03:26:15 PM
I'm a UPS driver & you'd be surprised by how many people ask me if they can pick up their packages at the post office if they're not home or if I have their package and they show me a USPS delivery notice. [roll]
Then they get miffed when I tell them I don't work for the Post Office.
Well, maybe you wouldn't be surprised. ;D
So can you let me know when this arrives.
https://tools.usps.com/go/TrackConfirmAction!input.action?tLabels=9405503699300330639085
;D
It's only off by one letter. How much difference could that make?
Today I looked in the mirror (idiot sighting)
Not so much of a sighting, but an identification nonetheless.
About a month ago, get a hospital bill from my daughter's stay.
This is about the 5th or 6th hospital/doctor's bill, and none are detailed. ???
My wife calls and asks what the bill is for.
Lady on the other end rudely tells her it's "a bill. can you pay it? We take cc's or cks by phone."
Without specifics my wife declines paying. Tells the lady to send her an itemized bill.
Lady says fine and hangs up on my wife without notice. [thumbsdown]
My wife pulls out previous bills we've paid for and notices the same amount quoted to her, $700 odd dollars, is the same on a previous bill marked, PAID.
Hmmm..., my wife calls back and asks for the same person.
My wife tells her what she has. Quotes her the date it was paid and the check number used, with online banking showing the check as tendered.
Lady says, "Oh ok. I'll mark the balance as zero. It must be a glitch in our system. We just switched billing programs." [roll]
So my wife asks her what would have happened if she had simply paid, could she have expected for someone to notice the "glitch" and call her back with her refund. Obviously it was a rhetorical question.
Service person says, "Oh of course."
[roll]
The bills come in so vague I think they purposely make them that way to keep people paying.
I swear even the original bill itself wasn't clear on what the primary insurance paid or what was left for secondary. Craziness.