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#88345 - 09/05/09 09:17 AM Idiot sightings
cgiles Offline
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Registered: 09/29/05
Posts: 6703
Loc: Roswell,GA/USA
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 h ad 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:
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 SIGHTINGS:
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! ...........The y walk among us... they multiply..........
And they vote...God help the rest of us!


chas
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#88346 - 09/05/09 11:51 AM Re: Idiot sightings
Taike Offline
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Registered: 03/28/02
Posts: 2814
Loc: Xingyi, Guizhou (China)
Priceless!

Gee, Chas, you live all over the US!
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#88347 - 09/07/09 12:27 PM Re: Idiot sightings
captain Russ Online   content
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Registered: 01/02/04
Posts: 7287
Loc: Lexington, Ky, USA
LOL! Yup, they walk among us. And, THEY'RE EVERYWHERE...THEY'RE EVERYWHERE...THEY'RE EVERYWHERE!


Russ

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#88348 - 09/07/09 11:54 PM Re: Idiot sightings
trident Offline
Senior Member

Registered: 08/22/04
Posts: 1457
Loc: Athens, Greece
In a related conversation, a friend of mine said that the phrase "They live among us" is no longer current... the correct term is "WE live among them..."

Check out this, found it yesterday it is hilarious.

http://www.canada.com/technology/dumb+questions+Banff+tour+operators+hear/1959359/story.html

Ahh and hear MY idiot sighting...
In 1997 or something, a colleague was reading the newspaper and I was reading over his shoulder, when I saw an ad about a movie in the "movies to see" section. The ad proclaimed (in Greek), "Roman Polanski's last movie"....

Greeks usually use the same word for the words "last" and "latest" (which of course was the right meaning of the ad). So me, the idiot, casually asked: "When did Roman Polanski die?"

Guys around are still laughing with me over this.

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#88349 - 09/08/09 07:01 AM Re: Idiot sightings
--Mac Offline
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Registered: 05/16/08
Posts: 307
Loc: Chesapeake, Virginia, USA
Was Roman Polanski ever alive in the first place?
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