I disagree. There most certainly ARE stupid questions.

[Worst Username Ever]

My co-worker has proven that repeatedly. The biggest gem ever:

"What is the number for 4-1-1?"

I heard that in a joke once, but the number the joke was talking about was 911. But this wasn't a joke. I told him the number, he felt stupid, I should have given him a porn number or something. God.

[Deja Q]

1. The number to 4-1-1 is:

1-976-G-E-T-M-A-L-E.

:D

[Worst Username Ever]

2. I used to page my friend with 1-800-USDA-MEN

Not sure what is on it now, but at the time it was complete with heavy male breathing, and the line "...so take out that credit card, and STICK IT IN." He never knew who was sending him these pages, and I never told him. It was hilarious.

[Deja Q]

18. LOL!

:rofl:

[Bouncy Ball]

3. Oh yes there are stupid questions.

When you say to a group of students "please write on your own paper, not on the test" and then someone turns around two minutes later and asks "Can we write on this???" THAT is a stupid question.

[Worst Username Ever]

5. I love my dear fiancee soooo much....

but she asks some of the MOST OBVIOUS questions sometimes, it is one of the few things that drives me nuts.

Me: Honey, I need to grab your most recent bank satement for this loan.
Her: You mean the newest one?

No, the OTHER most recent bank statement (I hold my tongue and say "yes").


Me: Honey, I have to run out and get some gas for the lawn mower. Her: Why? Are we low?

YES WE"RE LOW otherwise I would not go out and get gas!!!

I guess it is only really annoying if you have to hear it every day. But god I love her so whatever.


(count to ten, remember, I love her BECAUSE of her quirks and not in spite of them...)

[Bouncy Ball]

10. Remember, what you can stand early on

drives you NUCKING FUTS later.

So I hope you really do find it quirky! LOL! ;-)

My husband called me on my cellphone the other day as I was driving down the road. He knew I was driving, on my way somewhere, and he said "What are you doing?"

Ever the total smart ass, I said, "Masturbating."

Total silence.

Then I said "What do you THINK I'm doing???"

:rofl:

[Worst Username Ever]

15. Well it's been almost 6 years together,

so I am not really worried about the quirks coming out, I know most of them!

[Bouncy Ball]

16. That's good.

[MarianJack]

4. ChicaAzul and I...

...have a combined 20 years teaching experience.

YES, THERE ARE STUPID QUESTIONS!

[Worst Username Ever]

6. HAHAHA

My mother, my stepmother, and my stepsister are all teachers, I don't doubt you for a second. :hi:

[ET Awful]

7. A friend of mine was sitting there one time as I opened a new piece of

electronic gear . . . "Alright!" I said, "This thing has a lifetime guarantee."

His response? "Cool, how long is that good for?"

D'OH!!!!!!!

[The Animator]

8. I've got eight years work experience in Theme Parks...

Yes, there are stupid questions, no I haven't heard them all, but I'm damned close.

This gem comes from Disney. "What time does the 3:00 Parade start?"

This one comes from Universal "What is the E.T. ride about?"

This little beauty comes from Bush Gardens Tampa Bay. "How do you get to Tampa?"

I've got a million more where that came from easy.

[jmowreader]

9. Some of the top stupid questions I get...

"I'm looking for a (fill in name of product) that has 'special order' written on the sign. Can you tell me where in the store it is?"

"Now, this product that you never stock, when are you going to be receiving it?"

"I bought some of this siding 15 years ago on closeout. Now I need some more. Where do you keep it?" (This one's especially stupid because my store only opened 10 years ago.)

"Why can't I return this thing I bought to your store? See? I have my receipt right here." (Yes, he does...but the thing he is trying to return isn't on this receipt, and it says Wal-Mart right at the top.)

"I bought this at your store. Why can't I return it?" (Well...maybe it's that you bought it four years ago, painted it purple and wore it out.)

"I need a gallon of paint, and it has to exactly match the color I bought here three years ago. But I don't know the color name and I didn't bring a sample. Oh, and it's a purple that's somewhere between Carolina Blue and Duke Blue, but closer to Carolina Blue than Duke Blue and it has a really strong reddish tinge to it. You can match it, can't you?"

"Where are the 2x8s?" (always, always asked while the customer is staring right at the 2x8s)

"How come my house fills with dust when I cut sheetrock with a circular saw?" (And no, I'm not kidding. Someone DID this.)

"I need a chainsaw blade. Why aren't they with the other saw blades?" (For two reasons: it's not called a blade, and they're over with the chainsaws.)

"Why won't you let me return this door? I only cut six inches off one side."

[AlienGirl]

13. Stupid Customer Quiestions

My number one, all-time favorite stupid customer question is this:

"Do you have any left in the back?"

:wtf: Do people think the store hides products "in the back"? If there were any left in the back, they'd already be out on the shelf, ya morons!!

Tucker

[Worst Username Ever]

14. Home depot?

On edit, I once got so sick of using my scorer against some sheetrock that I finally ran one edge throught the table saw just to get it over with. The first and last time I run an edge of sheetrock through the table saw. WOW.

[jmowreader]

17. Of course. Where else?

[xmas74]

11. I once had someone call 9-1-1

to ask me what the number for emergency services was. They wanted to program it into their phone.
My answer: "Ma'am, it's 9-1-1."

[Worst Username Ever]

12. ugh.

:eyes:

[xmas74]

19. American stupidity at its finest.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

20. Just to prove that not all stupid people are Americans...

When I was a student in Japan, I was doing research on older forms of the Japanese language. I spent my days going through works of centuries-old literature, the equivalent of Chaucer or Beowulf. Since books were pretty cheap then, I'd buy copies of the works I was reading if I happened to see them in the store.

So I'm coming home on the train, carrying both volumes of the Heike Monogatari (an epic from the twelfth century) in a scholarly edition with footnotes and annotations.

A guy strikes up a conversation with me, after remarking that I'm carrying a copy of the Heike Monogatari. I tell him that I'm at a local university researching medieval Japanese etc. etc.

He tells me he's going to give me the card of the coffee shop where he works and that I should come in some time. As he is getting the card out of his wallet, he asks, "Can you read Japanese?" :crazy:

[xmas74]

21. But we do seem to have the corner market on it.

I have gotten some of the stupidest calls ever at work. Who calls 9-1-1 to get the number for Dominos? Or calls because a fast food joint messed up their order (sorry, but it is more common than you would expect).

[Worst Username Ever]

22. When I was a reserve officer for St Paul Police

We had a crack addict chick (ok, she has an excuse for being stupid, she is a freakin crack addict) call 911 because someone stole all her crack. What???

[jmm]

23. Was your coworker on something?

Years ago on 4th of July one of my cousins so drunk his girlfriend decided to take their kids and leave the BBQ. He was upset they got into a cab without him so he called 411 asking for the number to 911 because the police just had to do something about this injustice. The 411 operator kindly gave him the number. Next thing you know he's singing "Let My People Go" to the 911 operators. They were laughing so hard everyone in the kitchen where he was using the phone could hear it.