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To: Dale Baker who wrote (30828)	8/17/2002 10:10:35 AM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 118717

Some OT fun - there is lunacy outside the market too: > 1. IDIOTS IN SERVICE: > This week, our phones went dead and I had to contact the telephone repair > people. They promised to be out between 8:00 a.m. and 7:00p.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?). > 2. IDIOTS AT WORK: > 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: > 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 she > 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?" She > 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 a 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?" (How "blonde" was she?) > IDIOT SIGHTING #3: > At a good-bye luncheon for an old and dear coworker who is 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."