[SOC] IDIOTS

[Hank Kohl K8DD]

Gives new meaning to the phrase       ID ten T



At 7/29/02 11:22 AM -0400, you wrote:

>This week, all our office 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 not 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 #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?" He 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 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 #3:
>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 #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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