Really stupid questions?

[CW]

I really like this as a contribution for Dum and DUMMER ( yes, intentionally spelled like that ) questions that I have been asked,,,

Sitting at a table in your favorite really crowded fast food establishment having a bite to eat and another customer ( looking a lot like someone that is impressed with themselves,,, you know the type I'm sure ) with tray in hand asks if you are finished?

A reply that I considered, and withheld, afraid that I would be taken up on it was: Oh, EXCUSE me your lordship, I'll just take my food and sit on the floor.

SHEESH !!!

And, yes, this happened a time or three.

 

[teresafannin]

My all time favorite is one that bears repeating,especially after the day I had yesterday. I am at work, wearing a tag with my name & company logo on it, standing behind a cash register & a man asks. "Do you work here?" I almost said, "No, these name tags are the latest fashion fad, would you like one?" That makes me nuts.

 

[Expertise]

Don't ya' hate that.

I used to work for the provincial electrical utility (NB Power) in the summers (high school and university). I walked in to one of their district offices (BobToads hometown actually) wearing coveralls with a large (and its day-glo orange) logo on the chest, raincoat with NBEPC across the front and back an NB Power ball cap and carrying a huge brushed aluminum box of testing equipment with huge Property of NB Power stickers and logos on it and was greeted with....

You from Day 'n Ross are ya?

I felt like beating him to death with the test gear if for no other reason than to ensure the safety of the gene pool

 

[teresafannin]

That is too funny. I swear some people wake up, get dressed & leave their brain in a jar on the dresser. I must send out an aura or something that says "I work in retail" because every time I am in a department store, people come up to me asking for help. What is even weirder is that some of the time I actually help them.

 

[Never]

"Oh ya gotta love when you are standing in a store with that wonder lost quizzical look about you when an employee covered in pimples asks "May I help you?" Its like No im standing here looking like an idiot because i feel like it!!

Perhaps they thought that was just your natural look?
Has it occurred to you that the majority of workers in a grocery store are busy and might have better things to do with their time than point out to some yokel where the cereal aisle is because they're too lazy to look a couple feet into the air to that big sign that says 'Aisle 7: Hot Cereal. Cold Cereal. Candy. Coffee. Coco.'?

It seems to have not; maybe you think they are paid for doing so? No, their boss only cares about the work they get done in their department. While I'm at it, do you have a better way of asking a complete stranger if they need help? Alternatively, perhaps I should just ignore all the customers until they come up to me.
I can hear the gripe now, 'She just ignored me. And she could see I was standing there - lost in a sea of pork chops and unable to find my hotdogs.'
By the bi, adjacent to the meat counter with the bologna and pre-packaged cold cuts or at the deli counter if you want fresh sausages.


Terresafinn: "I am at work, wearing a tag with my name & company logo on it, standing behind a cash register & a man asks. "Do you work here?" I almost said, "No, these name tags are the latest fashion fad, would you like one?" That makes me nuts."

Lordy, does no one appreciate a polite question? 'Do you work here?' is just a nice way of saying, 'Are you busy? Can you help me?'
Some people don't like to ask for help - this, of course, excludes Naked Hunny whose telepathic cries of helplessness are so overwhelming none could not notice them. Proper responses:
How may I help you?
I'm on break now but [blank] would be happy to help you.
Of course, cereal is on the left side of aisle 7.
I'm not sure.. let me find out for you.
I'm don't know...I'm certain the woman at the Customer Service desk can help you though. It's right over there. (Only do this when you have other customers waiting in line)
It's also good to end with: Can I help you with anything else, Sir/Ma'am?, You're Welcome, Have a good day'

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Politeness is next to godliness, which is beside cleanliness in aisle 13.

 

[Stormystarr]

*claps hands*
Bravo Never, you've hopefully put some people in thier place by telling them how it is.

 

[Adoratrice]

Go NEVER GO NEVER * doing the cabbagepatch*

And " BE CAREFUL OK" is just another way of saying "I LOVE YOU" http://smilecwm.tripod.com/fk/hearts.gif

 

[Never]

'Put them in their place'?
Why do I suddenly feel so guilty? .. I can't help it! I have to say it.

I'm sorry.
I hope I didn't hurt anyone's feelings.

 

[Never]

Adoratrice..
Another day off hun?

 

[Expertise]

I take "be carefull" as a suggestion of incompetence. I love you means I love you.

Be carefull means don't trip over your own dick ya' moron.LOL

 

[Adoratrice]

YEP ! I'm off until Tuesday...they feel sorry for me cause they made me train with the big ol' meanie butt doodoo head.
I never have to see her again though so it's okay. Don't you dare feel guilty about anything you said it was needed and you are absolutly right! I have to go right now though, gotta clean house, pick up girls from school, have a girl scout meeting and be in Louisville by 6:30...now where did I put my supermom boots???
(psstt it was http://www.adultfriendfinder.com )http://smilecwm.tripod.com/fk/hearts.gif