Idiot Sightings

[Tim Procter]

[FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][FONT=Verdana]Got this sent this morning and thought I would share it with you.:)[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT]
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[FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][B][FONT=Verdana]IDIOT SIGHTING #1[/FONT][/B]
My daughter and I went through the McDonald's take-out window and I gave the clerk a £5 note. Our total was £4.20, so I also handed her a twenty pence piece as well.[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]
She said, 'you gave me too much money.'
I said,'Yes I know, but this way you can just give me £1 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 20 pence and said 'We're sorry but we could not do that kind of thing.' The clerk then proceeded to give me back 80 pence in change..

[B][FONT=Verdana]Do not confuse the clerks at MacD's.[/FONT][/B]
[B][FONT=Verdana]IDIOT SIGHTING #2[/FONT][/B]We had to have the garage door repaired. The GARADOR 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 GARADOR 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 and he said, 'NOOO, it's not. Four is larger than two..'

We haven't used Garador repair since.

[B][FONT=Verdana]IDIOT SIGHTING #3[/FONT][/B]I live in a semi rural area. We recently had a new neighbour call the Highways Department 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.'

[B][FONT=Verdana]IDIOT SIGHTING #4[/FONT][/B]My daughter went to a local Kentucky Fried and ordered. She asked the
person behind the counter for 'minimal lettuce.' He said he was sorry, but they only had iceberg lettuce....[/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT]
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[FONT=Times New Roman][B][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]IDIOT SIGHTING #5[/FONT][/COLOR][/B][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]
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?'
I replied, 'If it was without my knowledge, how would I know?'
He smiled knowingly and nodded, 'That's why we ask.'

Happened at Luton Airport ... UK

[B][FONT=Verdana]IDIOT SIGHTING #6[/FONT][/B]The stoplight on the corner buzzes when it's safe to cross the street. I was crossing with an intellectually challenged co-worker of mine. She asked if I
knew what the buzzer was for. I explained that it signals to blind people when the light is red.
Appalled, she responded, 'What on earth are blind people doing driving?!'

She is a Local County Council employee in Harrow, Middlesex , UK ....[/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT]


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[FONT=Times New Roman][B][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]IDIOT SIGHTING #7[/FONT][/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]
[/FONT][/COLOR][/B][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]When my husband and I arrived at our Local Ford dealer 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[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=blue][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]side door. As I watched from the passenger side, I instinctively tried the[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=blue][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]door handle and discovered that it was [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=blue][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]un[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]locked. 'Hey,' I announced to the
fitter/mechanic, 'its open!'
His reply, 'I know. I already did that side.'

This was at the Ford dealership in St Albans,Hertfordshire UK .....


[B][FONT=Verdana]STAY ALERT! They walk among us... and the scary part is that is they have the RIGHT TO VOTE and REPRODUCE[/FONT][/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT]

[ddracer]

I used to work for West Sussex County Council on their IT help desk. One call I remember went as so.

10.25: Metal part from floppy disk stuck in the floppy drive.
10.29: Pen lid and metal part from floppy disk stuck in the floppy drive.

And this is just one of many that come to mind.

[doubledrat]

like it.

had a call from somone using a VAX mainframe computer many years ago.

"what's the error message" I asked
"it said something about unrecognised cauliflower" she replied

(unrecognised qualifier)

bless

[Andy from Sandy]

If the wind stops blowing do they feed electricity to wind turbines to keep them turning?

[themagician]

idiots reply

reports from customers to our electrical service dept,
customer rang up to say his speaker on his stereo wasnt working ,so i asked him which one ,he replied, not the one by the plant pot the one by the widow.:cheers2:
customer rang up to say colour had gone on the tv he rented ,he then said he thought it could be because we had had alot of rain and the water may have come down the aerial cable and diluted the colours.
lifes funny.:cheers2:

[anth.payne]

You seem to get an awful lot in IT support...

I got quite a few when a worked at BT a few years ago...

One, I was speaking to an Italian gentleman, and took remote control of his PC, his response was 'Mamma Mia, your in my PC, can you see me? I'm in my Pyjama's!'

When I asked another lady to close any open windows before we start, she then proceeding to lay the phone down and went round the house closing the windows.

[ddracer]

Love the old VAX vms I used to write COLBOL on one for Mark and Sparks.

[doubledrat]

ugh. cobol - now there's a hateful language!

[coptermanic]

......algol, fortran, batch readers, punch tape readers, uck:ack2:

[ddracer]

Why write 1 line in C++ when you can write 3 pages to do the same thing in COLBOL. LOL

[Dedcalm]

[quote=Evo Andy;392602]If the wind stops blowing do they feed electricity to wind turbines to keep them turning?[/quote]

Something in the back of my mind tells me they do start the windturbines turning electrically prior to letting the wind do the work...

[Tim Procter]

[quote=Dedcalm;392713]Something in the back of my mind tells me they do start the windturbines turning electrically prior to letting the wind do the work...[/quote]

You learn something every day..:)

I thought they were just that..... Wind powered turbines.:cheers2:

[ddracer]

They don't start them with a giant chicken stick then?

[dam74]

Apparently they use these to start them:
[IMG]http://hobby-hangar.co.uk/UserFiles/Image/align_starter_heli.jpg[/IMG]

[bigbas]

[b]they walk amongst us normally in high paid jobs known to respond very well to the sound of expenses!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![/b]