> > This week, my phone 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. I asked him, "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.
> >
> > 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."
> >
> > 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 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
> >
> > 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 a word was spoken. We all just looked at each other with that deer-in-the-headlights stare.
> >
> > IDIOT SIGHTING
> >
> > 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
> >
> > 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 feveri shly 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."
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> >
> > NOW DON'T YOU FEEL BETTER?
