So today, on this U.S. Election Day, I ran into the following two imbeciles:
Imbecile the first:
I encountered this local MENSA member in the seasonal department, where I was filling holiday storage (basically the same crappy Sterilite totes we have the rest of the year, except in red and green).
She was waving some Halloween item under one of our customer service call boxes and she asked me "Why isn't this scanning? I need a price check on this!"
Le sigh. If it doesn't say "Price Scanner", what makes you think it is one?
Imbecile the Second:
At about the end of my shift, I got called to carry out two 13-inch TVs for a family. They're small, "regular" TVs for lack of a better word, and probably not HDTV-ready.
I brought them out, put them in the family's car, and the mother asked me "Are those HDTVs?"
Me: "I don't know. Did you speak to somebody back in electronics to see if they were?"
Mother: "No, we just bought them and I need to know if we need to buy the converter box to go with them! If we do we're not going to take these."
Husband: "Why don't you go back and ask right away so we know before we leave? They may not even need it because they're going to be hooked up to satellite."
He thanked me and told me they'd take care of things from here.
Seriously, buying something like a TV without first finding out if it will do what you need it to do=EPIC FAIL
Imbecile the first:
I encountered this local MENSA member in the seasonal department, where I was filling holiday storage (basically the same crappy Sterilite totes we have the rest of the year, except in red and green).
She was waving some Halloween item under one of our customer service call boxes and she asked me "Why isn't this scanning? I need a price check on this!"
Le sigh. If it doesn't say "Price Scanner", what makes you think it is one?
Imbecile the Second:
At about the end of my shift, I got called to carry out two 13-inch TVs for a family. They're small, "regular" TVs for lack of a better word, and probably not HDTV-ready.
I brought them out, put them in the family's car, and the mother asked me "Are those HDTVs?"
Me: "I don't know. Did you speak to somebody back in electronics to see if they were?"
Mother: "No, we just bought them and I need to know if we need to buy the converter box to go with them! If we do we're not going to take these."
Husband: "Why don't you go back and ask right away so we know before we leave? They may not even need it because they're going to be hooked up to satellite."
He thanked me and told me they'd take care of things from here.
Seriously, buying something like a TV without first finding out if it will do what you need it to do=EPIC FAIL
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