You maniacs! You blew it up!

[Shabo]

I knew a guy that was named Wheeler Stanley. Every time he had a new teacher read it off the roster, they would always read it as Stanley Wheeler. And he had to correct them. And they always said, "Oh, I thought they just made a mistake or something." Poor kid.

I have also met people with strange first names, such as Blaze and Braun. Whenever I talk about them, everyone always goes, "Wait, what's their real name?" *sigh* That IS their real name. No, I'm not kidding. I don't know what their parents were smoking.

And my dad claims to have worked with a "Harold Balls" at some point in his career. I'm not sure I believe him on that one as he tends to be a practical joker.

[IT Grunt]

I went to HS with a guy named Thomas Thomas. Boy, what were his parents smoking?

I can just imagine the jokes after the commercials for the TomTom.

"Hey, TomTom, how do I get to Fifth Street!?!?!"

[FinderW]

My ex-girlfriend had a guy in her graduating class named....

Harry Bohnner

That must have really sucked to be him.

Finder

[Tria]

Yet Nick Cage can name his kid "Kal El."

Superman, right?

[Soulstealer]

It's not like he named him Melanoma or the like.

Damn diseases, and chlamydia sounded like such a nice name too.

[Shengirl]

When the power's out, we have 30 minutes of auxilary power to kick everyone out of the store. You should see the hopeful look on our faces at every loud clap of thunder.

[Luna]

Recent conversation with a SC during a mall power outage:

SC: The power is out?
Luna: *looks around in dark store...gives SC blank stare*
SC: So how do I get this? *waves product chosen in his hand*
Luna: We have to do everything by hand.
SC: How long does that take????
Luna: *thinks to self, depends on how long you're going to stand here bitching about something I have no control over* I don't know, but a lot longer than by computer I'd think.
SC: So I have to wait? That's the line???
Luna: Yes. Or you can come back when the power comes back on.
SC: When will the power be back on?
Luna: *shrugs* I don't know - I'm not God. (yes, I said that.)
SC: So you don't know when the power will be back on?
Luna: *walks away*

What is it about a mall power outage that inspires people to flood into your store? Ohhhh! Lookie that row of stores is completely dark! They must be having a huge sale - let's go in!!!
-No I can't check your gift card balance.
-No I can't go online to check stuff for you
-No, I can't book appointments for you
-The computers and printers will not work without electricity
-Yes, I will have to ring up your sales with a calculator and handwrite receipts the old fashioned way. No I can't go any faster - be glad I don't just kick your ass out like most stores do during an outage.

[JustADude]

His kids will probably have more problems being his kids than for anything he names them. Dweezil Zappa has gone on record saying that he never got trouble for having a bizarre name, but being Frank's son was a trigger. Besides, Kal El isn't that bad a name, all things considered. It's not like he named him Melanoma or the like.

Besides, most people don't use their middle name, so he'd be known as Kal Cage. While it sounds like a porn-star name or something, it's not all that bad.

[Andara Bledin]

Yeah, you do that. In the meantime, I'm going to go see my doctor about this relentless twitching in my right eye.

It's the twitching in your trigger finger that can really cause problems.

Yet Nick Cage can name his kid "Kal El."

Oh, and I had a teacher once named "Otto Sayles."

His kids will probably have more problems being his kids than for anything he names them. Dweezil Zappa has gone on record saying that he never got trouble for having a bizarre name, but being Frank's son was a trigger. Besides, Kal El isn't that bad a name, all things considered. It's not like he named him Melanoma or the like.

^-.-^

[Becks]

I went to HS with a guy named Thomas Thomas. Boy, what were his parents smoking?

[Rappunzill]

There was a case I remember in Sweden (or maybe Switzerland) where the government wouldn't let a couple name their kid "Superman". The government's reasoning is that it was tantamount to sticking a target on the kid's forehead, and would thus be child abuse.

Yet Nick Cage can name his kid "Kal El."

Oh, and I had a teacher once named "Otto Sayles."

[mischugenah]

There was a case I remember in Sweden (or maybe Switzerland) where the government wouldn't let a couple name their kid "Superman". The government's reasoning is that it was tantamount to sticking a target on the kid's forehead, and would thus be child abuse.

[Bagga]

Sad names not thought about by the parents:

My ex sister-in-law was called S Melling

And I taught a female student called S Hagger (UK slang: to shag = to perform intercourse)

My own surname sounds like doors, so I vetoed my wife's suggestion that if we had a daughter we could name her Katherine Louise. (Cat doors? Cat LOO doors? Loo doors? the poor girl would have been trapped whichever name she used. Maybe it was lucky we had only sons)

[Polenicus]

I hated doing retail parts when the computers went down. Everything is in the computers. It didn't matter how you explained it though, SC logic dictated you could still help them.

Me: I'm sorry, the system is down and will be for a couple of hours. Why don't you try calling us then?
Moron: I just have a simple question. How much is a yadayada for my Chevy and do you have it?
Me: Sorry, I can't look up anything.
Moron:You can't just tell me if you have it and how much?
Me: That's what NO means. Go away.

No one listens.......

Y'know, I don't think 'No' is actually in most Sucky Customer's vocabularies...

Hmmm, maybe if we approached it a different way. 'Yes' is in there, as well as negative prefixes, such as 'UNacceptable'... perhaps if we tried this:

SC: I know the computers are down, but couldn't you just quickly check in the back and tell me how many minutes I have left?
Agent: DOUBLEPLUSUNYES! (Apologies to George Orwell)

[draggar]

That's better than my old congressman from NH, Dick Swett.

Or, some guy named Dick Hertz (and he was from Holden, Mass, so he wa sDick Hertz from Holden).