What's the stupidest thing anybody has said to you?

[amber]

Originally Posted by madformac

Tell me about it.. I manage a retail store and all my friends really don't know why I do it because they don't understand how I put up with answering moronic questions all day. To be honest I don't know why I still do it myself...

The best idiotic questions I get every single day are :

"How much is this?"

when they actually POINT at the price ticket?!?!?!

and

"Have you got this one in stock?"

When they are looking AT one in stock on the shelf!!!

Arrrgggghhhhh!!!!!! Please let me escape the bane of my existence!!!

Rollerblades are cool by the way but they just wouldn't work in UK winters, especially with the amount of holes in our sidewalks (plus the amount of "holes" that walk on them too )

Yep, i totally feel for you, dude. Retail must be the worst. I used to work in fast food, that is bad, too.
Yes, i can't use the blades at all when it rains, and fall is hard cause of all the **** on the ground. But, i swear, Oakland sidewalks are THE WORST! it has made me an expert rollerblader. Not to mention cars that don't stop behind the line....it's like a fun obstacle course. But yeah, in london, with all the rain and whatnot...difficult. I like to go out and blade at night, when there is no one on the streets...very zen...
God, i'm just thinking about your examples, and that is waaaaaay lame. I would be rolling my eyes, constantly Course, i am about the least patient person in the world, but still! I would've grabbed the sweater, looked very obviously at the pricetag, and said "let's see...this tag says it is 34.95, so, IT'S 34.95!!!" hehehehe.

[madformac]

Originally Posted by amber

very zen...

Ahh, I sense you read a previous post of mine on another thread maybe?

Originally Posted by amber

I would've grabbed the sweater, looked very obviously at the pricetag, and said "let's see...this tag says it is 34.95, so, IT'S 34.95!!!" hehehehe.

Yeah, I smile on the outside yet get these twisted visions of what I'd like to be saying or doing to the person saying these things...

I do try and vary my mental replies, somedays I might visualise saying "You don't have the mental capacity to even contemplate buying this so please do me a favour, put your money away and just go home, now..." or other days I'll nod and smile when somebody is giving me grief over something I haven't any control over yet they will blame me and I'll be visualising something nasty happening to them with a gardening tool, a few rather exotic fruits and some vaseline all depends on my mood I guess...

[amber]

Originally Posted by madformac

Ahh, I sense you read a previous post of mine on another thread maybe?



Yeah, I smile on the outside yet get these twisted visions of what I'd like to be saying or doing to the person saying these things...

I do try and vary my mental replies, somedays I might visualise saying "You don't have the mental capacity to even contemplate buying this so please do me a favour, put your money away and just go home, now..." or other days I'll nod and smile when somebody is giving me grief over something I haven't any control over yet they will blame me and I'll be visualising something nasty happening to them with a gardening tool, a few rather exotic fruits and some vaseline all depends on my mood I guess...

Bwahahahaha!
at least you're able to hide your feelings...
and, no, i don't remember the past post you were talking about. i just said that cause, well, it IS very zen

[madformac]

Originally Posted by amber

and, no, i don't remember the past post you were talking about. i just said that cause, well, it IS very zen

Cool, I replied to a Buddhism thread a couple of weeks back and mentioned Zen Buddhism and the Japanese Samurai, just thought somebody might have actually read it!!

(as I write this itunes has just selected Black Magic Woman from the Boston Tea Party at random and put a big on my face)

[amber]

Originally Posted by madformac

Cool, I replied to a Buddhism thread a couple of weeks back and mentioned Zen Buddhism and the Japanese Samurai, just thought somebody might have actually read it!!

(as I write this itunes has just selected Black Magic Woman from the Boston Tea Party at random and put a big on my face)

oh, i read that. just as i came back from the store, "Edge of Seventeen" started
congrats to both of us!