Idiot
Sightings
True stories of encounters with the intellectually
challenged…
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This week, My phone went dead and I
had to contact the telephone repair people. They promised to be out
between
>> >> IDIOTS AT WORK >>
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I was signing the receipt for my credit card purchase when the clerk
noticed I had never 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 >>
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We 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.
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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.
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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."
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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?!"
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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.
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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.
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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."
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A support technician at a computer company received a call from a frantic
woman. After accessing her records the technician said to the woman " I see you are running Windows 98". The phone line went totally silent! The
technician asked repeatedly "Mam are you still
there", but got no answer. After about 5 minutes, just as the
technician was getting ready to hang up a soft/embarrassed voice said "If
I had known you could see me I would have gotten dressed before I called
you!"