Yes, I know where I live

[Dave1982]

Had a woman come in today looking for ink. Of course she didn't know the model number of the printer....

But that not why I'm posting.

After I got the right cartridge for her, she looked at me funny.

Her: Why do you look familiar?

(How the hell am I supposed to know that?)

Her: Are you from Townsend?

Me: No.

Her:..........are you sure?????



Me: Yes.

No, I'm not sure. I've been confused about where I've been living for the past TWENTY YEARS. My do I feel stupid! I've been calling Westford (see my location, above) home for about as long as I can remember when I really live in Townsend. I guess I oughta cough up for unpaid rent!

YES I'M SURE I AM NOT FROM TOWNSEND!!!! In fact, I do not think I've even BEEN to Townsend, let alone lived there. And if this is any indication of what the people there are like, I'd better steer clear.

(No offense to anyone here who may be from Townsend).

Are you sure......jeeze what a stupid question......

[Jadedcarguy]

What a tool.

I once had a man in a grocery store ask me if I was so-and-so's son. Being that my dad's name isn't so-and-so, I said no. He asked, "Are you sure?"

Yup, pretty sure, asshat.

[smileyeagle1021]

that reminds me of going to the DMV... I told them I wanted murray put on my drivers license and they looked at my address and said "that really isn't murray though" and i said "yeah, the address really is in millcreak" they said "where is millcreak" and I said "that's why I'd like it to say murray"

... my drivers license now says murray

[hecubus]

I was at the grocery store a few years back, and a guy came up to me and started talking to me, saying that he remembered me from when I worked at a convenience store on the north side of town. The only problem was, I had never worked at a convenience store in my life. But, no matter how many times I denied ever working there, he insisted that I had indeed worked there.

He was so insistent about it, I actually began to wonder if I had worked in a convenience store at one point but had forgotten about it.

[edible_hat]

"Are you sure?" is a pet peeve of mine, mostly because of an aquaintance of mine who thinks he's always right. Whenever he's proven wrong, he says "are you sure?"

and how dumb is he... he thought that there was an Elvis Presley song about the internet. Not a parody, he actually misheard "don't step on my Usenet shoes" and thought that all those people who think it's "blue suede shoes" are idiots who misheard it.

[thehippie777]

hahaha omg, poor people... I usually see people who have actually run into me before. but I get, "are you sure" when we are booked up & people walk into the hotel looking for rooms. OMG! The magic construction company built me another room just now so I lied to you! Some people seem to act like I just don't want them there, so I now tell people, "I am here to sell rooms, nothing gives me greater pleasure when we have some available." Just to show them how retarded they are being.

[Miffed]

Just for kicks you should have "no" when she asked if you were sure XD

[Slytovhand]

and how dumb is he... he thought that there was an Elvis Presley song about the internet. Not a parody, he actually misheard "don't step on my Usenet shoes" and thought that all those people who think it's "blue suede shoes" are idiots who misheard it.

OMG!!!! well - at least you have the absolute perfect ammunition to prove he's an idiot

[gunsage]

"Are you sure?"
Nah, I'm just messing with ya. Old so-and-so said you owe him about $50 and asked if you'd hand it off to me for 'im. Ahhh...as they say in Pokemon...

You tried social engineering!

It's hyper effective!

[Becks]

I have people asking me all the time if I worked at (competition store).

Nope.

"Are you SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURE?"

Of course I'm sure, damn it. I moved to NJ in Aug./Sept. of 2003. I started working at my store in October of 2003. No other NJ job.

[lobsterdance]

When i tell people me and my sister (who look nothing alike) are twins the most common response is 'are you sure?'. Like we wouldn't know!!

[ShinyGreenApple]

I've gotten that before.

"You went to X High School with my daughter, didn't you?"

"No, I was home schooled from Kindergarten all the way up."

"Oh . . . are you sure you never went to X High?"

[HawaiianShirts]

I've been trying to control my own use of the "are you sure" phrase ever since I started working in retail because only then did I discover just how annoying it is. Even made it a point to apologize to a co-worker for using that on him once (turned out I was right anyway). Though I don't think I was ever dumb enough to seriously question whether someone was certain about their own hometown, previous jobs, or parents!

On Saturday I had a guy call my store to ask about a couple of notebook computer models. He asked about an HP model (DV9444, for example's sake) that my store did not carry. I told him I was not familiar with that model, but we did have a DV9333 that was probably very similar. I checked our website, inventory programs, and a couple of other places. My company does not carry the DV9444.

SC: Well, one of your guys gave me a printout of the DV9444 specs, and I need you to answer some questions about it.
Me: We don't carry that model. I don't see it in the computer system anywhere. All I have is the DV9333. I've even checked for typos that would list it as a 9444, but there aren't any.
SC: That's impossible. One of your guys gave me a printout, and it says on every page "Buy the DV9444."
Me: I don't carry that model, sir.
SC: Are you sure?
Me: I am certain. Might you have gotten the printout from another store or from HP's website?
SC: What? No! Are you new to the computer lineup at your store or something?
Me: In two months, I will have been here for three years, sir.
SC: ...

Fortunately, at that point he became a reasonable customer and admitted he might have gotten the printout from one of our competitors (he finally noticed Competitor's logo all over the page) and asked me for details about the DV9333, which I happily gave.

[TryNotToBeThatOne]

The most memorable 'are you sure' I ever got was kind of flattering. I told a co-worker how old I was going to be on my next birthday. She was completely floored. She said, (I quote) 'Not that I think you're lying, but I don't believe you.'

[Jadedcarguy]

I was asked to do an "Are you sure?" yesterday, to which I flat refused.

GM changed the design on the front hubs of the full size trucks, so that the 4WD and 2WD now use the same one. The tech didn't like this, so I called GM to verify. Sure enough, they said "Yes, they now take the same one." The tech still didn't like it, and 20 minutes later the manager came in and asked me to verify with GM again.


How 'bout no? I'm not wasting my time or theirs.