Idiot Sightings

[Sir William Marcus]

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 cannot 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:

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 are being hit by cars out here! I don't think this is a good place for them to be crossing anymore."
From Kingman , KS .

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 iceberg 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:

We were having a good-bye luncheon for an old and dear coworker, as she 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:

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:

When I left Hawaii and was transferred to Florida , I still had the Hawaiian plates on my car, as my car was shipped from Hawaii . I was parking somewhere (I can't remember) and a guy asked me "Wow, you drove from Hawaii to here?" I looked at him and quickly said "Yep. I took the Hawaii/San Francisco Bridge". He nodded his head and said "Cool!"


STAY ALERT! They walk among us... and they VOTE and they REPRODUCE..........

[Morgan Dreadlocke]

During an early 90's solar eclipse, I had a Foreman ask me if the backside of the moon got extremely hot as it covered the sun.

Several years ago at Arby's I told the clerk I wanted four regular roast beef sandwiches, my wife wanted two and one more for my young son. The clerk went for a calculator.

[Noble Dreg]

Remember people, someone has to make our fries!   

Had a co-worker honestly ask when she found out Jews do not eat ham/pork..."Well what do they eat at Easter"?

"You want fries with that?"

[midnightferret]

STAY ALERT! They walk among us... and they VOTE and they REPRODUCE..........

and reproduce, and reproduce...

[Just Randall]

...It's people like this that make me fear for the survival of our species...

[LadyShadow]

Oh my.  Those were good.  Hopefully I wont cross too many of that kind.

[DeadBishop]

I work with these people.  I work for these people.  I need a new job...

[Capt Gabriela Fullpepper]

I work at Ball Aerospace and fix PC's for Rocket Scientists. Funny many are just like those people above... honestly. And just think these are the ones that just sent up Kepler and fixed Hubble... again

I too need a new job.

[Hoowil]

My brother used to do phone internet support. He complained about people calling in to ask why they couldn't get online without a computer, or my favorite, the guy who called to say his computer wouldn't turn on. When asked if he checked the plugs, he said it was too dark to see, because his power had gone out.

[*Teach*]

Back in the day, I worked as a volunteer firefighter.
We were called out to an accident, and specifically told to bring cutters and jaws of life to remove someone from a vehicle.
When we arrived, we found the driver had been killed instantly but that the police and other bystander types could not figure out how to remove him from the badly crushed driver side door.
Our chief, walked up... looked around once and walked around to the passenger door and opened it right up... the body was easily removed
(OK, it's a gruesome story...but true, I was there)
I will give them credit for being in a high stress situation but they had been working on that door a good 15 minutes before we arrived.
It didn't help that the next day the local paper ran a story including the mental slip by the police and the brilliant move of opening the passenger door by the chief.

*Fightfighters can put away serious amounts of rum btw*

[Breandan]

Sometimes, a picture is worth a thousand words-

[Sir William Marcus]

[CapnFayeCutler]

Thankfully, for when these stupid people finally fall victim to their own idiocy, we have The Darwin Awards! 

[Ladyfair]

Makes ya wonder sometimes how some people just make you think hhmmmmmm.......wow

I saw a bumper sticker the other day that made me want to find one for my van.... the sticker read in nice bold letters........ Stupid should hurt 

[Lord Dragonspyre]

I work at Ball Aerospace and fix PC's for Rocket Scientists. Funny many are just like those people above... honestly. And just think these are the ones that just sent up Kepler and fixed Hubble... again

Well, look at it this way... if they were actually intelligent, the Hubble wouldn't have needed to be fixed to begin with...