[SOC] Be careful: there are idiots out there! - Additional sightings

[Bob Roske]

Location: Radio Shack, Minnesota
I ask the clerk if they carried 50 ohm coax, he took me over to the cable TV 
section and pointed to a box containing 25' of RG-59 with an F connector on 
each end. I said, "No I need 50 ohm, that's 75 ohm."  He replied, "75 is 
better than 50.  I shook my head and left.

Location: Dunkin Doughnut, New Jersey
After a night of bar hopping we stopped at a Dunkin Doughnut.  The waitress 
ask what I wanted, I said, "A cup of coffee and some doughnut holes."  She 
replied,, "We don't have any of those."  I said, "Follow me." and took her 
over to the case that contained a whole tray full and ask, "What are those?" 
"Those are MUNCHIES!"

Location: KFC in New Jersey
I ordered 10 pieces of chicken and a box of fries.  The clerk said, "We 
don't sell fries that way."  So I ordered 3 large fries. The clerk took a 
dinner box, lined it and filled it with fries.  When he put the box on the 
counter, I ask him if that wasn't a "BOX OF FRIES."  He didn't have a 
response.

Yes, these are true, the Radio Shack adventure happened last year and the 
two in NJ were in 1987.

Be careful out there!

73,
Bob N0UF
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Nielsen" <n7xy at clearwire.net>
To: "Second Class Operators' Club" <soc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 5:31 PM
Subject: [SOC] Be careful: there are idiots out there!


>
> Be Careful Out There
>
>
> 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.
>
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> 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
> they could not 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
>
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>
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> 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
>
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> IDIOT SIGHTING:
>
>
> At a good-bye luncheon for an old and dear coworker.  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.
>
>
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> 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 Sheriffs office, no less.
>
>
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>
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> 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 drivers side door.  As I watched fr om the passenger side, I
> instinctively tried the door handle and discovered that it was
> unlocked.  "Hey," I announced to the technician, "its open!"  His
> reply, "I know.  I already got that side."
>
> This was at the Ford dealership in Canton , Mississippi
>
>
>
>
> STAY ALERT!
>
> They walk among us... and the scary part is that they VOTE and they 
> REPRODUCE !
>
>
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