Roadtrash
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When I'm asked "How's the day treating you?" I always answer the day treats me fine it's just all these people I can't stand.
ASK A STUPID QUESTION
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Reminds me of the girl in the movie Galaxy Quest. "Look, I have one stupid job on this ship and I'm going to do it." Her job was to repeat what the computer said.
Ivan the Butcher
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I raised my kids; that there was no question to dumb to ask. But some were to stupid to answer! When they were helping me and would ask a question that didn't get a response, they learned to see if the question could be answered by themselves. Pretty soon they only ask well thought out and concise questions. One son told me,when he was in they Marines, that I was always a butt, but he was good at figuring things out for himself. Another son said, in college none of the other students and most professors didn't think, they ask dumb questions. These days so many young people don't get intelligent interaction, they don't know how to even ask a good question. When other children were helping me, I was happy if they paid enough attention to ask even dumb questions. Brain dead cashiers at the bank are a different issue, one mistake and I would never use that teller again. My brother (and business partner for years) said I was too harsh. The he had a teller I had rejected make a $10,000 mistake that took 5 weeks to correct, after that he decided to let them make mistakes on someone else's account. If the training is fresh in their mind and they can't get it right, they won't last long anyway. That being said, when a bank changes their computer systems, we all need to watch out! Ivan
I live in the people's republic of NY and even before the nonsense known as the "SAFE ACT" was bestowed on us a couple months ago very serious store rules were being used by the Wally World stores in my area.
They (most stores/most people) would not sell you "Pistol Ammo" without a hard to get CCWP. To a lot of them it made no difference if you had a rifle AND TOLD THEM THAT their info said it was "Pistol Ammo" <that sometimes even applied to .22 long rifle ammo>
As for me I reload or get my ammo at real gun shops most times, but I have seen and been told of this many times.
Most times those people working the sporting goods area do not even know the difference between a pool cue and a fishing pole so when it comes to gun/gun stuff it can be a total Charlie Foxtrot. With most of them they say the computer says its pistol ammo, so to them it is.
STEELSHOOTER78
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Hello First time posting on the Forum but it seems like I have discovered a bunch of fellow Smart ***** Its amazing the stupidity in this country today I make it a practice to point out to folks when asked what I consider a dumb question or act how stupid it is Hopefully they will learn form there asinine act not to do it again.Favorite response to how are you doing. Response Doing good but I got over it,
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Welcome Aboard!
We do have a bunch of "smarty's" here.
But we also have a large bunch of people that will share their considerable knowledge about S&W and have a serious general knowledge about shooting and guns in general.
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When i answer my phone i use my last name. (Jonsson)
Sometime there is a salesma...person there asking for mr Jonsson.
I always answer, there is no one with that name on this number.
I wonder why they sound's confused, but they never call again
Sometime there is a salesma...person there asking for mr Jonsson.
I always answer, there is no one with that name on this number.
I wonder why they sound's confused, but they never call again
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nachogrande
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SMART A'S ARE NOW "STUPID"?
YES clerks may be req'd to ask stupid ?'s. WE on the other hand are not REQ'D to give ANY particular kind of response and can give ANY answer WE FEEL LIKE, or not answer AT ALL. if it let's them know we don't appreciate nosy stupid ?'s, may give someone else, or just ourselves, a laugh, or not. that's up to us, certainly not YOU. I think calling a bunch of smart A's stupid, is stupid. that's my right and my opinion. not everything in life has, or needs to have a point. some peoples point is on the top of their head.
YES clerks may be req'd to ask stupid ?'s. WE on the other hand are not REQ'D to give ANY particular kind of response and can give ANY answer WE FEEL LIKE, or not answer AT ALL. if it let's them know we don't appreciate nosy stupid ?'s, may give someone else, or just ourselves, a laugh, or not. that's up to us, certainly not YOU. I think calling a bunch of smart A's stupid, is stupid. that's my right and my opinion. not everything in life has, or needs to have a point. some peoples point is on the top of their head.
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I don't get this one. Any liquid will do then? I know from relatives who have worked as servers (including my kids) that it is not a smart idea to be a pain in the rear in a restaurant or fast food place. They will get even, you just won't know it.
MH8675309
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When someone calls our office and asks "who is this?" I answer with "This is me is that you?"
SW_shooter
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So they know the old spit in the food trick??
Memphis
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I once heard a comedien say that when asked on the phone "who is this" he would reply "I don't know, I can't see you"!
I always thought that was kinda funny in my own simple minded way.
Roger
I always thought that was kinda funny in my own simple minded way.
Roger
Grayfox
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Here's one that bugs me. I'm at the check out paying cash and they ask for my zip code. I know its some sort of marketing thing, but I just say "you don't need it."
One of my favorites: My oldest son and I have the same first name but different middle names which is what we're normally addressed by. (family thing) Someone calls and asks for John Smith. I ask "Which one?" I swear you can hear the confusion on the other end.
Here's a classic. We used to have a morning DJ here, John "Bad Dog" McCormack. Part of his schitk was to make prank phone calls. One morning he started calling businesses at random and said "Let me speak to ... umm...uh...what's his name? Let me speak to dumb ***. Yeah, I need to talk to dumb ***!" Believe it or not, nine times out of ten they would actually call someone to the phone!
One of my favorites: My oldest son and I have the same first name but different middle names which is what we're normally addressed by. (family thing) Someone calls and asks for John Smith. I ask "Which one?" I swear you can hear the confusion on the other end.
Here's a classic. We used to have a morning DJ here, John "Bad Dog" McCormack. Part of his schitk was to make prank phone calls. One morning he started calling businesses at random and said "Let me speak to ... umm...uh...what's his name? Let me speak to dumb ***. Yeah, I need to talk to dumb ***!" Believe it or not, nine times out of ten they would actually call someone to the phone!
amazingflapjack
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Two $5000.00 non of your businesses, 2 minutes apart.
Even worse than that. Never doubt the creativity of teenage kids.
pineappleshooter
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When filling out forms that have a block marked "Sex" I put a "Y" or the word "Seldom"
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nachogrande
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PEOPLE NOT TO BE A SMART A TO
People who decide your daily job assignments, People who handle your hours and paycheck, People who cook and handle your food, People that perform your medical care needs, cops when pulled over and game wardens. I forget any?
People who decide your daily job assignments, People who handle your hours and paycheck, People who cook and handle your food, People that perform your medical care needs, cops when pulled over and game wardens. I forget any?
Pig Hunter
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I was a Letter Carrier till this month, I wish I had a $1 for every time I was asked "Are you done yet?" while standing there with my hands full of letters and magazines. Or "do you have my mail?" and the person is someone in the apartment building you have never seen before. In the old days when you picked up a collection box by pulling the mail into a sack and they would say "Are you picking up the mail" and I would of course say "No I'm putting the mail in so the guy that picks it up has something to do!" You can't fix stupid! Mark
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nachogrande
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ARE YOU SURE?
this is a biggie with the wife & me. I go out to get the mail, nothing there, it hasn't come yet. She asks, "did the mail come?" I say "NO", she says "ARE YOU SURE?", I'm like yeah pretty sure it hasn't come in the last 10 seconds since I checked it, should I go look again?
this is a biggie with the wife & me. I go out to get the mail, nothing there, it hasn't come yet. She asks, "did the mail come?" I say "NO", she says "ARE YOU SURE?", I'm like yeah pretty sure it hasn't come in the last 10 seconds since I checked it, should I go look again?
shouldazagged
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MANY years ago I spent three years on a very busy suburban volunteer fire department. We averaged five or six hundred runs a year. In the wee hours one morning we were called to a huge fire in a tavern that we had reported for having defective wiring. It went up very fast and very completely, tinder-dry frame construction. By the time the morning rush-hour traffic was getting underway we were knocking down hot spots and the place was basically a pile of steaming charcoal. We were cold, wet, exhausted, and frustrated because a customer who had been locked in had died of smoke inhalation. And then a pretty but obviously not brilliant young woman drove up, stopped, and said, "Ooooh, did this place burn down?" Couldn't help myself. I said, "No ma'am, we're putting it together from a kit."
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