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

[madformac]

"It's really important you take out life insurance before you die"

No ****.... I was going to wait until after I had shuffled off...

"guess who I bumped into today?"

Erm, well, I've got a six billion to one chance of getting it right haven't I?

Maybe I'm just cynical... I dunno

[madformac]

I was at McDonalds once and heard somebody ask for "A Big Mac, but without the lettuce, mayo, pickle and onion"

"So you want a cheeseburger?" the assistant replied...........

"erm, well yes" was the answer...

[Moony]

This wasn't said to me, but to a girl in my film class as we were leaving school.

"Hey gurl, do you work at Subway?"
(girl) "What? no.."
"Cause you sho give me a foot-long, heh heh."


Some people are just disgusting.

My personal favorite when at work is "how much does that cost?"
-Read the sign/tag ya dumb bitch!

[estranged4life]

but early this year as we shopped at a small knick-knack store the cute blonde clerk asked the other clerk the following question:

"Halloween? Isnt that celebrated in September or October?"

She wasnt not a foreigner, So I figured she MUST not get out into the world much...

Brian j.

[seteca]

Originally Posted by madformac

"It's really important you take out life insurance before you die"

No ****.... I was going to wait until after I had shuffled off...

Which life insurance company is it that always advertises on TV with the line "We pay cash if you die and cash if you don't." That's a classic.

By the way..Brian...your signature is absolutely f**king hilarious! I just burst out laughing.

[seteca]

And the stupidest thing that anyone's ever said to me happened last week. On the EVE of the U.S. election, I was on the phone to someone (Madformac you know him - he almost killed you trying to climb over your head to get Lindsey's signature) who never fails to surprise me with just how much he can stretch the limits of the word "CLUELESS":

I was just trying to make small talk and I said "Do you think John Kerry will win it?"

To which he replied: "Who?"

I assumed he didn't hear me clearly so I said: "John Kerry."

He replied: "Oh....yea................Sorry........who...??"

I replied: "John Kerry..?? You know the presidential candidate for the Democrats??"

He replied: "Ooooh! Right......yea sorry!"

So I repeated: "So do you think he'll win?"

He said: "Win what??"

(This conversation took place last Tuesday night.)

[DrummerDeanna]

ah yes - stupid statements....

Well since moving to Rochester I have had MORE comments about weather...as if I've been living on the sun for the past 23 years....yes, I've seen snow before people....but it's simple things too...

The SLIGHTEST change, and I mean the slightest change in weather brings this one idiot guy at work in asking,

"So - whaddya think of THIS weather hehe..."

To I finally broke down, "OK - we HAVE rain and clouds in New Mexico...this is nothing new...and yes, I"ve actually SEEN snow..." gaaa...I'm sick of it....

Let's see...I just hate when people state the obvious...like I was eating my lunch and reading the newspaper last week and the same guy who makes weather statements came in, "oh you're reading the newspaper huh?"

wtf? I didn't even answer- I just ignored him....to which he then asked, "oh what's for lunch? " Oh ya mean besides this large slice of pizza sitting in front of me??

I'm SURe I get more stupid questions/statements, but usually I try to ignore them or just put them out of my mind

[wondergirl9847]

Originally Posted by seteca

And the stupidest thing that anyone's ever said to me happened last week. On the EVE of the U.S. election, I was on the phone to someone (Madformac you know him - he almost killed you trying to climb over your head to get Lindsey's signature) who never fails to surprise me with just how much he can stretch the limits of the word "CLUELESS":

I was just trying to make small talk and I said "Do you think John Kerry will win it?"

To which he replied: "Who?"

I assumed he didn't hear me clearly so I said: "John Kerry."

He replied: "Oh....yea................Sorry........who...??"

I replied: "John Kerry..?? You know the presidential candidate for the Democrats??"

He replied: "Ooooh! Right......yea sorry!"

So I repeated: "So do you think he'll win?"

He said: "Win what??"

(This conversation took place last Tuesday night.)

I am dyin' over here!!! BWAH!!!

[wondergirl9847]

Originally Posted by DrummerDeanna

Let's see...I just hate when people state the obvious...like I was eating my lunch and reading the newspaper last week and the same guy who makes weather statements came in, "oh you're reading the newspaper huh?"

wtf? I didn't even answer- I just ignored him....to which he then asked, "oh what's for lunch? " Oh ya mean besides this large slice of pizza sitting in front of me??

"Here's your sign." - Bill Engvall

Paraphrasing Bill: I locked my keys in the car, and was using the hanger from my dry cleaners. Some guy walked by and said 'Locked your keys in your car?' I go 'Nope, just had it washed and I'm hanging it up to dry....here's your sign (that says I'm stupid)."

Tee hee!!

[princessblair]

I've worked in retail pharmacy since 1998 and everyday someone says something stupid to me...The general public is not that bright, especially when it comes to the local pharmacy. Just a few of my favorite stupid lines:

Me (answering phone): Cub Pharmacy West, how may I help you?
Customer: Yeah, pharmacy please.
Me: This is the pharmacy. That's why I said Cub Pharmacy West.
Customer: Oh...

Me (answering phone): Cub Pharmacy West, how may I help you?
Customer: Yes, I have a prescription I'd like to get refilled.
Me: OK, do you have the prescription number?
Customer: Yes, it's 345-5066
Me: Ma'am, that's the pharmacy phone number.
Customer: Oh...are you sure?
Me: I've worked here for 6.5 years, I'm sure of it.

Me (ringing a customer up at the register): OK, your total is $20.00
Customer: $20 even?
Me (thinking to myself): Yes, that's why I said $20.00 in the first place!

Once I was out on the floor putting our OTC order away (over-the-counter products like cough medicine) and some guy came up to me and asked if I worked at the store. Gee, I was wearing a white smock, a huge-ass name tag and I WAS STOCKING THE SHELVES! What do you think? I've always wanted to say, "No, I don't work here. I just like to come in and help out every now and then."

Most pharmacies have automated phone systems with a voice recording where patients can call in prescriptions. Well, one day I had an older lady call in about her prescriptions, just as I started my shift. She was upset because the person she was talking to on the phone kept hanging up when she tried to give her prescription numbers. I asked if she knew the person's name and she didn't know, except that it was a female and she was extremely rude and wanted to make a complaint about her. Knowing that I was the only female there (and this was my first phone call of the day) I had to break it to her that it was the automated voice recording, not an actual person that she was mad at The poor thing was so confused! I had to break it down for her...

I have so many other stories that I could probably write a book on it. I also want to do a show like E.R. on how a pharmacy works. It would be called "Rx" It'd only be about 10 episodes, but at least people would begin to understand the crap we put up with and the difference between pharmacists and technicians.

[SuzeQuze]

I have an anniversary edition Barbie. When it was new this guy asked me about it and I said it was a 30th anniversary Barbie. He said, "Oh that's pretty old then." I had to be diplomatic and not laugh at him but it was HARD!

[madformac]

I had another one this morning.........

We open the store at 9am... I know this because on the front doors the opening times are displayed in nice bright white LARGE letters and numbers.....

Anyway, not for the first time, at about 8:40am some moron tries to open the locked door.. The window shutters are down and the door is locked.. Now it's locked... He knows its locked because when he pulls it, it's... shut... It will not open.... So he pulls it again, and again, and yet again... As if by continuing to pull it the lock will release, he will walk in and find several assistants just waiting eagerly to serve him..

So I look out and he's just standing there.. He sees me, gestures and knocks on the door.. So I go over and he shouts through a locked door....

"Are you open?"

Now how the hell do you reply to that?

How much of a moronic fool do you have to be to say something so mindlessly stupid as that?

I really don't have much hope for the human race...

[princessblair]

Originally Posted by madformac

I had another one this morning.........

We open the store at 9am... I know this because on the front doors the opening times are displayed in nice bright white LARGE letters and numbers.....

Anyway, not for the first time, at about 8:40am some moron tries to open the locked door.. The window shutters are down and the door is locked.. Now it's locked... He knows its locked because when he pulls it, it's... shut... It will not open.... So he pulls it again, and again, and yet again... As if by continuing to pull it the lock will release, he will walk in and find several assistants just waiting eagerly to serve him..

So I look out and he's just standing there.. He sees me, gestures and knocks on the door.. So I go over and he shouts through a locked door....

"Are you open?"

Now how the hell do you reply to that?

How much of a moronic fool do you have to be to say something so mindlessly stupid as that?

I really don't have much hope for the human race...

Same thing has happend to me! We have a large gate that we pull around the pharmacy when we're closed (as we are located inside a grocery store). I've had numerous incidents where the gates are pulled, lights off and the staff is bundled up in coats, ready to go home and some idiot walks up and asks if we're closed. No, we're really open. It's just that we're going on a long lunch break and will be back at 9 a.m. tomorrow...the sad thing is that these people are reproducing!

[GardenStateGirlie]

A co-worker just grabbed the yellow pages, looked at me and said, "what do you call it when you need your car repaired."

-_-

It's been a looong day.

[chiliD]

Originally Posted by wondergirl9847

"Here's your sign." - Bill Engvall

Damn! You beat me to it...as I was reading through this thread, it took all the way until post #26 before somebody quoted Engvall. I was ready after just about every post.