My daughter and I went through the McDonald's driveway window and I gave the cashier a $5 bill. Our total was $4.25, so I also handed her 25c. She said, 'you gave me too much money.' I said, 'Yes I know, but this way you can just give me a dollar coin 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 25c, and said 'We're sorry but we don’t do that kind of thing.' The cashier then proceeded to give me back 75 cents in change. Do not confuse the people at MacD's.
We had to have the garage door repaired. The 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 made at that time, a 1/2 horsepower. He shook his head and said, '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 that repairman since...
I live in a semi rural area. We recently had a new neighbor call the local city council office to request the removal of the DEAR CROSSING sign on our road. The reason: 'Too many dears are being hit by cars out here! I don't think this is a good place for them to be crossing anymore.' IDIOT SIGHTING IN FOOD SERVICE. My daughter went to a Mexican fast food and ordered a taco. She asked the person behind the counter for 'minimal lettuce.' He said he was sorry, but they only had iceberg lettuce.
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.'
The pedestrian light on the corner beeps 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 beeper 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 is a government employee.....
When my husband and I arrived at a car dealership to pick up our car after a service, 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 did that side.' STAY ALERT!
This is for real: When my dog was still with me, he had a palatial dog house inside of a fenced enclosure that had a roof on it. He stayed there while I was at work. One morning I was putting him in the pen, he went on full alert and I thought there must have been a rabbit in the dog house as I had stupidly left the gate open. I looked inside and there was the smelliest, sickest fox you've ever seen. So I left Max in the house for the day and called the county when I got to work. When I got home, the fox was gone and the gate was open, and there was a note from animal control that said, "The fox ran away. I left the gate open in case he gets back in again he can get out". Really.
I came across this clip recently. The funny thing is, when I was searching for this on You tube, there were many more just like it. I can't believe how many people I've been seeing lately functioning (I use that term loosely) at this intelligence level. Although, I did also recently see a boy about 7 years old solve a Rubiks cube blindfolded, in about 2 minutes. I guess this woman represents the other end of the spectrum. https://youtu.be/G-Xsgj3-S1Q
I've been known to go down up escalators for comedic effect. Not with traffic, but when empty. For max funny, I'll pull out a cell phone and act absorbed in conversation. Or read a book.
Won't walk into a mall fountain while texting though.
Once upon a time, I went on unemployment. ( Carter administration, who wasn't? )
I'd go into the unemployment office, stand dutifully in my proper line, pull out a book and start reading. Then I noticed I was the only one. A few read the news paper, but they were rare. A whole room ( converted department store ) full of blank stares. One of the clerks actually noticed it was a different book each time. It was that noteworthy.