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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 ³We¹re 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

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:
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.

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.

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 from 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

Wow, you're McDonald's people are way dumber than ours. Ours will punch 5.25 in and give me a dollar back when the machine tells them to.

" 'NO, it's not.' Four is larger than two.. "

Holy cow!

LOL! I've seen this passed around before, but it is still funny.

Soren

Reminds me of when we came back from shopping my daughter was around 6 years old. I started unpacking and passed her the toilet rolls and asked her to unwrap them and put them in the toilet.

A few minutes later I went upstairs she had unwrapped and stuffed literally in the loo, all nice and soggy.

Kids eh

This happened to me three days ago in Cleveland, OH:
I went in to prepay for gas at a gas station. The gas price happened to be exactly $3.00. I asked for 10 gallons. The clerk got her calculator out, punched away at it for a good two minutes, then said: "That'll be $22.80 please." I just paid, got out and put the 7.6 gallons in the car.

Yeah, they gotta be smart enough to put the right numbers in the machine.

I went to a Wendy's and ordered a double cheeseburger and a drink. I didn't get the combo meal because I didn't want fries. The counter person said that's $5.75. I noticed it was .76 cents more then the combo meal price of $4.99. I asked the counter person if I could have the combo meal price but they could keep the French Fries. He said he couldn't do that without giving me the fries. I said ok, give me the fries and refund my .76 cents. They said no problem. What's wrong with this picture?

A couple of weeks ago, I went out and left my house keys in the house. When I got back, I went to the side door and tried it, it was locked, so I went to the Patio door and tried to open that. That was also locked.

The only thing I could think of was to force the weakest and most easily repaired door lock, (which was the Patio).

Sooo...I went back to the font of the house, opened the garage with my garage key and began searching for a reasonable sized screwdriver. I then remembered I had left the one I had in mind in the Kitchen the day before. So I went through the connecting door into the kitchen and was frantically looking for the screwdriver when it suddenly occurred to me........

I don't remember being that stupid when I worked at McDonald's in high school. Lazy, yes. Stupid, no.

A little off topic:

On those rare ocassions when McDonalds is the only game in town, I may order:

"This, that, & the other & that's all thank you."

I wince in anticipation of the clerk asking me:

"Do you want 'The Meal'?"

F-k! Now how do I answer that?

Yes -- I want the meal. Didn't I just order a meal?

No -- I don't want the meal, I just ordered for a practice swing for next time I roll through.

I end up telling the truth, the whole truth, & nothing but the truth:

"I don't know."

One time, I ordered a hamburger and fries from In N Out. Seems they were out of fries and wouldn't have any for a while, so I just got the burger and went across the street to get some Mcfries. The counter droid asked, "Do you want fires with your fries?"

I too only eat McD's or B king or any of those places as a last resort, It kills my stomach. I get terrible indigestion.

True story - at a truck stop diner in Rawlins, WY. My friend says to the waitress "what's the soup de jour?" She heads back to the kitchen for a few minutes and then comes back with the answer...

"It's the soup of the day"

Badum-bump...tish. You'll be here all week, I'm sure.

Went to a Taco ****** in Denver once, and my wife ordered a burrito. We pull up to the window and my wife asks the lady (of Spanish descent) for some Salsa for her burrito. Salt? comes back the answer. NO, Salsa, you know, for putting on a burrito along with hot sauce? The lady never did pick up on what we meant by Salsa, so we gave up. Isn't Salsa a Spanish thing? Que?

Well, I'm guessin' these "bright people" mentioned here wouldn't "do so well" on that observation test that was posted the other day in Erwin's "Whats your score" thread.

(AND I'm guessin' they weren't all that "observant" during the hours of 9am through 3pm when they sat their behinds in those school desks o' their's EITHER!)

People at our MCDonalds dont even speak English they just nod and smile,only person that uderstands you is the manager...

It's no wonder I feel like a genius.

The problem with being better then everyone else is that some people thing you're pretentious

Well, I'VE always thought that that's THEIR problem, Paul.

If they knew any better, they'd know the difference between being "pretentious" and being "supercilious".

(and I SHOULD know....I'm often BOTH...and often DARN PROUD OF IT TOO!!!)

Yep.

Like Mac Davis' commentary on humility.

Just do the best I can.

Of course these yoyos (referring to the first post) make mediocre look exceptional

Ya know Bill, that dude you mentioned wasn't half bad in what I always thought was THE best movie about football ever...."North Dallas Forty".

How long since I've seen that???

At least twenty five years.
May have to watch it again sometime.

Taco what?

Apparently the word of the day calendar says, "supercilious," today.

Nah John! It was in the "Word Power" section of my "Reader Digest" this month!

In the immortal words of Ron White

"you can't fix stupid"