The Top 8 ‘You Can’t Fix Stupid’
#8 IDIOT SIGHTING: Hubby and I 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.
#7 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
#6 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.
From Kansas City!
#5 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.
#4 IDIOT SIGHTING: The stoplight on the corner buzzes when its safe to cross the street. I was crossing with a co-worker 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
#3 IDIOT SIGHTING: At a good-bye luncheon for a 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 at Texas Instruments.
#2 IDIOT SIGHTING: I work with an individual who plugged her power strip back into itself, and for the sake of her own life, couldn’t understand why her system would not turn on.
A deputy with the Dallas County Sheriffs office.
#1 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 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, “Its open!” His reply, “I know - I already got that side.”
This was at the Ford dealership in Canton, Mississippi!
GENUIS SIGHTING: A mother of 4 wanted to provide the best Christmas present for her ‘tech deficient’ parents and decided to convert your blog to book using Bloggled’s blog to book tool. Her parents considered it the best gift they had ever received.
December 1st, 2008 at 8:09 pm
OMG!These people are stupid!
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December 4th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
This has been photoshopped. I can tell by the pixels and the 2 photshopped images I’ve seen.
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bramey Reply:
December 5th, 2008 at 9:43 am
@Imnotamoose,
You are right, We noticed the same thing. We just got it off of a Google image search. It just seemed to work well for the post.
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December 9th, 2008 at 11:45 pm
The guy at Taco Bell was messing with. wtf is “minimal lettuce.” Minimal would be….none at all? A single strand? Slightly less than the normal amount? Ask for something that makes sense - 1/2 the lettuce, 1/4 the lettuce, no lettuce. Ask for something stupid, expect a stupid response.
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FrenchToast Reply:
February 27th, 2009 at 11:25 pm
@The Dude, Minimal would be as little as possible, maybe unless pouring in until it falls out, they wanted just a bit for the taste. Just because some people use a higher vocabulary level in their daily life means that other people will not understand what they talk about.
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February 17th, 2009 at 7:12 pm
The airport one makes sense… It’s for drug dealers who have “someone must’ve put it in there” be one of their planned phrases if they get caught. They just get rushed into saying it.
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February 20th, 2009 at 7:28 pm
SHUT UP ABOUT PHOTO SHOPING
ITS FUNNY LEARN TO LAUGH
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February 20th, 2009 at 11:00 pm
Precisely, The Dude is correct, the one with fast food, the person ordering is the idiot. What a prick to ask for “minimal” lettuce. Either no lettuce, or lettuce, no ordering in between. If they want less than a full thing then she can bloody do it themself.
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February 21st, 2009 at 6:19 am
Bull shit—-made up all of it
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February 21st, 2009 at 6:50 am
The Dude is right
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February 21st, 2009 at 12:27 pm
I went to a store called “Everything’s a Buck”. When you bought 10 items, you got one free. I had 14 items. When she got to 10, the cashier looked at the remaining items and asked “Which do you want to be your free item?”
I think she’s found the right job.
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February 28th, 2009 at 7:07 pm
In no.10 the person ordering the food is the idiot. She went to Taco Bell!
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