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> > > IDIOTS IN SERVICE: This week, our 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 she didn't want them to cross there
anymore.
> > > I
> > > could swear I've recently been with some of these people...
> > >
> > > 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.
> > >
> > > 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?" She 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 a 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."
> > >
> > > Now don't you feel better?
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