I can FEEL my IQ dropping......

[Brightglaive]

The smartass in me would tell them that the painted side goes down too. What can I say, I love seeing feeble minds explode

Crazy? I was crazy once. They locked me up in a round room and told me to sit in a corner. I couldn't find a corner so I sat in the middle. It drove me crazy........

Crazy? I was crazy once.......

My company is in the US. I've gotten (twice in one day, no less):

"You mean if I call Canada, that would be considered an international long distance call?"

Which wouldn't be so bad if I didn't then have an argument with the customer explaining that Canada is indeed a sovereign nation and not a part of the United States.

AWWWW....C'mon..... The USA should annex Canada.... well, most of it anyway. We probably wouldn't want Nunavut, Montreal and Newfoundland.... I guess the retired terrorists are not so much of a problem, though. (Mah Tohngue is firmly in Cheek. May mah tohngue turn green iffin it ain't!! ) Disclaimer: Some of my best friends are Canadian and these are some of our inside jokes. /disclaimer

[angelicafire]

My company is in the US. I've gotten (twice in one day, no less):

"You mean if I call Canada, that would be considered an international long distance call?"

Which wouldn't be so bad if I didn't then have an argument with the customer explaining that Canada is indeed a sovereign nation and not a part of the United States.

[protege]

SC: Well then what about painted side?

The smartass in me would tell them that the painted side goes down too. What can I say, I love seeing feeble minds explode

[Slytovhand]

Co-worker: What's the number plate of the vehicle?
SC: Umm - where would I find that?

[Sparky]

I just had this moronic woman call from a doctors office about the status of some claims. She had the utter gall to ask me what the definition of a recouped claim was (which is when a claim is paid,but the health insurance company takes the money back due to overpayment, etc.) and also asked me how to spell recoupment and discrepancy. How the hell can somebody not know that and they do the billing/coding??!!

Many years ago I was treasurer for my union local. Found a bank that would give us free checking. Opened an account. The silly woman at the bank decided that instead of putting A.F.S.C.M.E. on the checks we ought to spell it out. (American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees.) I had to tell her how to spell federation, municipal, and employees before she finally figured out it wouldn't all fit. Gee, ya think?

He last name was the same as the name of the vice-president of the bank. Coincidence? I think not.

[smileyeagle1021]

guest called the hotel, call forwarded to me...

sc- do you work for (company)
me- actually, I'm the guest in room 303, I just answered the phone saying "reservation desk" as a joke... here's your sign

(I can't believe I'm the first person who thought of bill engval for this thread)

[Dave1982]

depending on how it was asked and why, it's not necessarily a silly question at all.

I know, hence "at least at face value"

In this particular case, the woman was just an idiot.

[gunsage]

Me: "So are you connected directly or wirelessly?"
SC: "Oh, no, I have a mouse."

Me: "Is it Windows XP or Vista?"
SC: "Dell."

Me: "The problem here is we've detected spam coming from your connection."
SC: "WTF is spam?"

This is why I keep headache medicine in my drawer.

[HawaiianShirts]

Stupid Woman: Talk to me about the difference between a laptop and a desktop.

Me: Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh...............uuuuuuuu uunmmmmmmm........ besides the obvious?

I've gotten that one before. I'll grant that some of those customers are thinking along the lines of SuperB's response, but, yes, that question has thrown me for a loop before from the people who truly do not know that a laptop computer (by a very general definition) is simply a mobile version of a desktop computer. I think it's the keyword computer that they somehow miss.

Lately, though, the question that has been boggling my mind is... well, it's not so much a question as an assumption. I have customers, about once or twice a week, who genuinely believe that in order to use a laptop, one MUST have a desktop to go with it. One guy was even a little perturbed that we didn't sell laptop + desktop bundles because he didn't have either, was planning to purchase them together, and was hoping for a "good deal." Took me about half an hour to get him to understand that the two types of computer are independent of each other, but he was quite happy when he realized there was an extra $600 or so he didn't have to spend.

[princess4life]

SC: Which way does the CD go in the computer?
Me: What/
SC: does the shiny side go up or down?
Me: down
SC: Well then what about painted side?

[crazylegs]

Do you work here?

Whilst said in full uniform with company name on front, rear and on (much to my suprise) my trousers.

[SuperB]

Well, I could understand the laptop/desktop question. It depends what she plans to use the computer for. When it comes to having to run multiple 3d programs and photoshop, my laptop can't do the work of my desktop even with the same programs, more memory, a better graphics card etc, etc. The laptop gives me mobility but not performance. The desktop gives me performance but lacks the mobility so depending on how it was asked and why, it's not necessarily a silly question at all.

[IHateStupidCustomers]

(I'm new here... I just had to post a bit)

I work at a print-shop/stationery store. About a month ago, a customer (a really good customer with a good sense of humour) was copying a large document and needed covers. I show her the covers and tell her the price for the two are the same, and she asks:

"What's the difference between the black ones and the clear ones?"



And yes, I did respond:

"The black ones are black, and the clear ones are clear."

After a second, she laughed... she had been working hard on this project and said she was just running on caffine and adrenaline. I appologized, too, and said that it was just too perfect a set-up not to say it.

I used to get that all the time. People would scream back "NO!!! What's the DIFFERENCE!!!!

My boyfriend and I ordered dinner at a fast food place last night and there were these little high school girls (no offense, hehe) behind the counter. We order, the girl (doesnt seem new) has to ask the manager how to ring it up. We wait. The girl who is putting the food together looks at us after awhile (we still haven't gotten any part of the order) and she says "What are you waiting on!?"

We look at her kind of blankly, like, does she actually want us to repeat the whole order, when they have it on the screen back there?

My boyfriend replies, "you're kidding, right?"

She says, not missing a beat, "I didn't take your order, I don't know."

[Jules Of All Trades]

Via email - verbatim:

this new email suckss! how do i send an email?? come to my desk and help me send an email so this dosnt suck!!2

We only hire the best and the brightest.

[powerboy]

When I worked at my buddies Anime shop.

"Do you sell fish bait"

For the record, the store use to be a bait shop. But we had anime posters up, and everything was anime.