Idiot Sightings..Some interesting Observations

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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 cannot 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."

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.

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:

We were having a good-bye luncheon for an old and dear coworker, as 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 Sheriff's 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 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:

When I left Hawaii and was transferred to Florida , I still had the Hawaiian plates on my car, as my car was shipped from Hawaii . I was parking somewhere (I can't remember) and a guy asked me "Wow, you drove from Hawaii to here?" I looked at him and quickly said "Yep. I took the Hawaii/San Francisco Bridge". He nodded his head and said "Cool!"

STAY ALERT! They walk among us...they VOTE and they REPRODUCE..........
 
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I needed that, especially about the Mickey D's.. I have experienced that a few times when they try to make change. Never had the manager get involved, but in the example shown, he certainly was not hiring above his IQ. No worry about management succession here. Thanks for the laughs. Oh, a good one that may apply to the McDonalds was the teacher in the classroom of elementary students and being a first year teacher wanted to use the pyscho courses she had in college and she asks " If anyone in here thinks they're stupid, stand up", Nothing, then "Little Johnny" stood up and said "No ma'am I don't think I'm stupid, but I didn't want you standing all by yourself" Little Johnny may be the only one in the classroom that doesn't wind up at McDonalds.
 
I went to the post office one time. I paid with a debit card that I had recently received. When the clerk looked at the back of the card, she said. "We can't accept this if it isn't signed." She then handed me a pen, I signed the card and paid for my stamps.

Recently, in Pigeon Forge, it was a beautiful night. My wife and I were out for a spin through the mountains in our Miata. We went through a drive through. When I got to the window, the brain surgeon asked: "Are you driving with your top down?" I said NO and drove away.
 
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Airpark said:
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 cannot 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."

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.

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:

We were having a good-bye luncheon for an old and dear coworker, as 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 Sheriff's 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 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:

When I left Hawaii and was transferred to Florida , I still had the Hawaiian plates on my car, as my car was shipped from Hawaii . I was parking somewhere (I can't remember) and a guy asked me "Wow, you drove from Hawaii to here?" I looked at him and quickly said "Yep. I took the Hawaii/San Francisco Bridge". He nodded his head and said "Cool!"

STAY ALERT! They walk among us...they VOTE and they REPRODUCE..........
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You're kidding, right??....except for the last sentence.
 
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They are everywhere

Just last week I was Getting Gas just off I-77 (hometown) when a lady pulls up and jumps out of her minivan points north and says "Is Shelby NC that way. I politely say no mam, pointing SW I say Shelby is that way. She Says " why did my GPS bring me here? Mam. I have no idea. Now she is starting to get irate. So how far is it to Shelby. I thought she was going to have a stroke when I told I thought it was about 60 or 70 miles from where we were. She the spied a DOT worker and began to pepper him with questions. I guess she did not like my answers which is to bad. Statesville is where it is and Shelby is where it is and no matter how hard she tries to bend the map they are no moving. Since she was on the DOT guy I began to get ready to go. As i was leaving the funniest (or saddest) depending on your point of view. She said "I wondered why it kept saying it was going to take longer to get there"
nuff said.
 
They are everywhere

Just last week I was Getting Gas just off I-77 near Statesville,NC (hometown) when a lady pulls up and jumps out of her minivan points north and says "Is Shelby NC that way. I politely say no mam, pointing SW I say Shelby is that way. She Says " why did my GPS bring me here? Mam. I have no idea. Now she is starting to get irate. So how far is it to Shelby. I thought she was going to have a stroke when I told I thought it was about 60 or 70 miles from where we were. She the spied a DOT worker and began to pepper him with questions. I guess she did not like my answers which is to bad. Statesville is where it is and Shelby is where it is and no matter how hard she tries to bend the map they are not moving. Since she was on the DOT guy I began to get ready to go. As i was leaving the funniest (or saddest) depending on your point of view. She said "I wondered why it kept saying it was going to take longer to get there"
nuff said.
 
"When I left Hawaii and was transferred to Florida , I still had the Hawaiian plates on my car, as my car was shipped from Hawaii . I was parking somewhere (I can't remember) and a guy asked me "Wow, you drove from Hawaii to here?" I looked at him and quickly said "Yep. I took the Hawaii/San Francisco Bridge". He nodded his head and said "Cool!""

My story was similar to this one. When I was PCSing from Alaska to Germany I had to call a contractor to line up the shipping of my vehicle. The lady told me to drive as the milage would add up and I would make a lot of money. Thinking she must have misunderstood the Alaska to Germany part I told her again. She said according to her chart it was several thousand miles and I could make a lot of money if I wanted to drive. I told her it was too far to drive from Alaska to Germany and besides there was an ocean in the way and I figured my Jeep would sink. Then she said she was looking at a map and I could just drive over the top through Canada. I said no thanks and just please arrange for the shipping.

I kid you not. I have no idea where this lady was as it was an 800 number be she was clueless to say the least.
 
Pulled in for gas at a local station and was able to squeeze $48.00 worth into the tank (back in the day). The attendant refused my $50 because he did not have enough change but he had enough for three $20's.
 
I've said for years that you could buy as many guns as you want, but there should be waiting periods and backgound checks before some people could reproduce!
 
I own a restaurant, so I get to see and hear a lot of, uhhh, challenged in-duh-viduals.

My favorites are when they pull up to the drive through and are very emphatic that their order is "to go."

I also like the people (yep, more than one) that want a BLT but hold the lettuce and tomato (isn't that just a bacon sandwich?) and the people that want a cheeseburger "plain with mayo and mustard."

Aww, you just gotta love 'em!

The Highlander
 
Deluge?

After repairing a shower in one of the suites at the luxury hotel I work in, I went to inform the front desk personnel it was working and the room was ready to rent.

I stated that the rain shower is now like a deluge. None of the 20-somethings I work with had ever heard that word. We looked up the definition and it became our word for the day.

I blame no one for not being smart, some persons are just not built that way. Encountering them helps me understand ,in this world it takes all types to round the place out.

And they can be fun to watch!

Regards to all you smart-alecks , Allen Frame
 
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