THE IDIOTS AMONG US??????????

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Monty

Monty

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Our society is doomed..............

IDIOT SIGHTING


I handed the teller @ 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 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 iceburg 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
How would you pronounce this child's name?
"Le-a"
Leah?? NO
Lee - A?? NOPE
Lay - a?? NO
Lei?? Guess Again.
This child attends a school in Kansas City, Mo.
Her mother is irate because everyone is getting her name wrong.
It's pronounced "Ledasha".
When the Mother was asked about the pronunciation of the name, she said, "the dash don't be silent."





SO, if you see something come across your desk like this please remember to pronounce the dash.
If dey axe you why, tell dem de dash don't be silent.

STAY ALERT!
 
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I just went through all those unseemly things we sometimes do when the laughter is just too strong or too spontaneous. Thanks! Very tired, going 2 - n 2 the bedroom and take a nap. (The - is not silent Here either)
 
I am sorry to say that the 'sign' at walmart is nothing but a small box with a "RED" x in it.

Our world has gone to the dogs............and they are doing the best that they can.
I have handed someone a $20 and had them give me back change for a $50. I have also handed someone a $100......and was told that I gave them a $10. Some word were exchanged. The manager finally came and 'counted the drawer.......it was over by $200.00+ I wouldn't fire that cashier either.

One time stopped at McDon's......it took them THREE tries to get my order right. The manager took the order all three times.

Keep smiling.
 
toddlajoie said:
I once had an argument with a math teacher who insisted that the Mike Tyson Boxing match was NOT over in 90 seconds, it went on for nearly a minute and a half....
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When I went to school, about 50yrs ago, I did a maths test and the teacher marked it wrong, did it again and again, still coming up with the wrong answer according to teacher, did it for homework same answer, my parents got the same answer as I did, turns out the answer in the book was wrong. Wonder about the rest of the class??????:eek:
Kryn
 
I was shopping at a Dillards during a sale. I bought a shirt that originally was $40 and it was 30% off. It wouldn't ring up, so the clerk used a calculator to figure the price. He said the price was $12. I said that price didn't seem right. He said no that it was right. I said that he didn't charge me enough. He looked at me and snarled "I used a calculator!".

No telling how much Dillards lost that day.:rolleyes: I just hope he worked on commission.

Maybe he's now working at Wal Star Mart.:biggrin:
 
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As a senior citizen was driving down the motorway, his car phone rang.
Answering, he heard his wife's voice urgently warning him, " Vernon , I just heard on the news that there's a car going the wrong way on I25. Please be careful!"

"Hell," said Vernon , "It's not just one car.. It's hundreds of them!"
 
KBs Pensnmore said:
toddlajoie said:
I once had an argument with a math teacher who insisted that the Mike Tyson Boxing match was NOT over in 90 seconds, it went on for nearly a minute and a half....
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When I went to school, about 50yrs ago, I did a maths test and the teacher marked it wrong, did it again and again, still coming up with the wrong answer according to teacher, did it for homework same answer, my parents got the same answer as I did, turns out the answer in the book was wrong. Wonder about the rest of the class??????:eek:
Kryn
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One of my kids came to me with a question - I gave her the answer and the next day she told me she got it wrong, the the encyclopedia said something else. I told her that the encyclopedia was wrong that what I told her was correct and she should get the teacher to check another source. They did and found I was right. Then they "discovered" that encyclopedias come with errata covering errors found too late to halt printing and that what I'd pointed out was included in the errata.

We had a couple of those in our math books when I was in highschool but our math teacher was capable of doing the problems and finding the errors. She actually seldom used the book to check our answers, trusting herself more than she trusted them.
 
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Jim Smith said:
Monty,

Sadly, those stories are becoming all too common. Unfortunately, this level of thinking has made it to Washington as you can tell from this video.

3-25-2010_Hank_Johnson_Guam_Tip_Over.wmv - YouTube

This man is actually my representative in Washington:(

Jim Smith
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As I remember Guam from my days at the naval stations there, the island is 32 miles long and 8 miles wide... in 1962 the population was roughly 65,000 including the military personnel... We never really ever thought about it tipping over ... or for that matter blowing away in a typhoon which I endured in Nov of '62.... we had measured wind speeds of 206 mph...

He was really really stretching to describe the island though....
 
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?!'

I remember back just after I started driving, in Texas once you had a license and before they started doing pictures, you could renew it each year just by sending in the fee and the renewal notice.... a man was stopped on the highway from Houston to Dallas because the patrolman noticed a 10 year old boy sitting in his lap... turned out he was totally blind, still licensed and recently renewed... he was handling the pedals and the boy was steering...


 
TellicoTurning said:
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?!'

I remember back just after I started driving, in Texas once you had a license and before they started doing pictures, you could renew it each year just by sending in the fee and the renewal notice.... a man was stopped on the highway from Houston to Dallas because the patrolman noticed a 10 year old boy sitting in his lap... turned out he was totally blind, still licensed and recently renewed... he was handling the pedals and the boy was steering...
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Well I personally know a woman here in DE who has a valid photo id license good until about 3 1/2 years from now who is so close to being blind it's scary. She has glucoma and her eyes just keep getting worse but she passed the test about a year and a half ago (she could barely see then) and we only need to renew every 5 years. That might change once we're past 80 I'm not sure.
 
I stopped in at a Taco Bell to grab a quick bite. As I made my order for my crispy taco, the power to the registers went out. All hell broke loose due to the fact that the cash registers could not tell the cashiers how much change to give back. I kid you not. They would not take my money because they could not count back change. They shuttled everyone out and locked the doors.
 
I was at a local fast food place. My order as $5.75 I gave the cashier $6.00. She but in $60.00 and was lost and how much to give me back k. I said you owe me 25 Cents. No that's not right let me get my manager. The manager came over did something and the cashier gave me $6.25 back and said thank you. I gave her $6.00 back told her I did not want her to be short and left she had a deer in the headlights look.
 
You ever go to a Nascar race? You always seems to be the Jr fans (guys in mid 20's) with a beer, no shirt, their Jr hat on backwards then cupping over the front of their eyes to block some of the sun. There are pictures of that, just do not feel like finding them.
 
Band Saw Box said:
I was at a local fast food place. My order as $5.75 I gave the cashier $6.00. She but in $60.00 and was lost and how much to give me back k. I said you owe me 25 Cents. No that's not right let me get my manager. The manager came over did something and the cashier gave me $6.25 back and said thank you. I gave her $6.00 back told her I did not want her to be short and left she had a deer in the headlights look.
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I'm not surprised that kids can't do math, but also wonder that when they finally do figure it out, what happens then.... I was at the local post office this past week and mailed two envelopes that were a little over sized... the postage came to $2.30.... I gave the clerk a $5.... he gave me my change and I left... later I looked at the receipt... it showed I gave him $50 and my change was $47.70....I know that I only walked out with $2.70 in change..... I'm still wondering if he didn't scam the post office for $45 out of that transaction... may be why the post office is losing money.
 
TellicoTurning said:
I'm not surprised that kids can't do math, but also wonder that when they finally do figure it out, what happens then.... I was at the local post office this past week and mailed two envelopes that were a little over sized... the postage came to $2.30.... I gave the clerk a $5.... he gave me my change and I left... later I looked at the receipt... it showed I gave him $50 and my change was $47.70....I know that I only walked out with $2.70 in change..... I'm still wondering if he didn't scam the post office for $45 out of that transaction... may be why the post office is losing money.
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That one might be an example of the clerk being able to do simple math in his head. He hit one too many zeros, and didn't catch it until it was too late. Instead of calling the super over to cancel the transaction, he just figured the right change. There's still hope. :-)
 
Chatham PenWorks said:
TellicoTurning said:
I'm not surprised that kids can't do math, but also wonder that when they finally do figure it out, what happens then.... I was at the local post office this past week and mailed two envelopes that were a little over sized... the postage came to $2.30.... I gave the clerk a $5.... he gave me my change and I left... later I looked at the receipt... it showed I gave him $50 and my change was $47.70....I know that I only walked out with $2.70 in change..... I'm still wondering if he didn't scam the post office for $45 out of that transaction... may be why the post office is losing money.
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That one might be an example of the clerk being able to do simple math in his head. He hit one too many zeros, and didn't catch it until it was too late. Instead of calling the super over to cancel the transaction, he just figured the right change. There's still hope. :-)
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I also don't think getting a job at the post office is the same as some of the other min wage places.
 
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50% sale the day after Christmas. String of lights $9.98. Quick mental compute is $4.95 +-a few cents. Cashier can't use cash register for discount, picks up calculator, "Three thirty five, sir".
 
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