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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?). 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. IDIOTS
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD: 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 were being hit
by cars and he didn't want them to cross there anymore. 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. Sullivan,
does this remind you of one of the better Romoisms? She's at the front
desk and a man says "I'm supposed to meet a group of friends at the
Cask-n-Cleaver, but I don't see them here. Is there another Cask-n-Cleaver
in the area?" Romo say's "No sir, this is the closest
one." 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." IDIOT
SIGHTING #2: The stoplight on the
corner buzzes when it's safe to cross the street. I was
crossing with an intellectually-challenged coworker 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?!" IDIOT
SIGHTING #3: At a good-bye
luncheon for an old and dear coworker 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. 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. 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." |
