Okay, friendly readers, I'm inviting your enthusiastic participation in this entry. I'm holding a contest/poll so to speak. Today, I had several customers who seemed to want to compete for ask-Holly-the-stupidest-question-ever award. So, I'm going to brainstorm the stupidest questions I can remember being asked while working at the 'mart, and you are invited to add your own stupid questions (pertaining to whatever your line of work is) in the comments. Then, whoever was asked the stupidest question wins!
I'll begin.
Exhibit A: Today: A woman picks up 3 sweaters, all of which are on clearance. Two of them were originally priced $19.99, and are clearanced at $4.99. The other is oringinally priced $29.99 and is clearanced at $11.99. They're all on the same table. She gets to the checkouts and I get called up there because she wants to know why I won't give her all three sweaters for $4.99. Because they're different prices, I tell her. "But they were on the same table. Why are their clearance prices different?" . . . "Because their original prices are different." . . . "But they were on the same table!"
Her logic makes no sense to me.
Exhibit B: Today: (A woman in jewelry) "I was just at WalMart looking for baby earrings and they said they didn't carry them because they'd been banned in the state of Illinois. Do you guys carry any?" --I can find no proof that they have been banned, but the stupidity of her question still remains.
Exhibit C: A while ago: You may remember this one from an earlier post: "I'm looking for a size 3 shoe for a boy, and I found this 13. Are they the same size?"
Exhibit D: This happens all the time: "This sign says that clearance items are an additional 40% off already reduced items, so does that mean that the price marked is the price, or that I can take an extra 40% off the clearance price?"
Do these people hear themselves?
Okay, now, please post yours and we can all feel intelligent and superior to everyone else.
My favorite is "I hate writing - are we going to be writing a lot in this class?" Well the class is called Freshman Writing - um..yes.
ReplyDeleteWhen sitting in a class full of ed majors in their second or third year of college one of them asks, "Do we have to type this?" "This" is of course referring to the answers for homework. Of course you should type it. You've been in college how long? What are you going to do? Write it in blood five minutes before class and hope that it is logical and coherent?
ReplyDeleteI've always found writing my papers in blood to be messy and error ridden :)
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure I'd be willing to part with my blood for a homework assignment. For passionate vampire sex with Edward Cullen, maybe.
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