Stupid Questions

kikibaby

I can't even count how many customers I've had call and ask me "Is this annual bill sent every year?"

Sing2phins

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[QUOTE]Don't worry, Sing2phins... I recently had to explain to my FI that Washington (the state) and Washington, D.C. are two entirely different places. :)
Posted by akhensley81[/QUOTE]
Ha!  I wouldn't put it past me if I hadn't grown up just down the road from DC!

Sing2phins

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[QUOTE]Well, I learned something new today.
Posted by georgia_bride09[/QUOTE]
Whew.  So glad I'm not the only one!  It drives D crazy.  But we can't all be geography bee winners, now can we?

AmoroAgain

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[QUOTE]Apparently I have the attention span of a gnat, because I know I hear stupid questions all the time, but I can't remember any. I can tell you that I sometimes keep another window open that displays the current time in Sweden so I know what time it is where you are, Amoro. I just feel weird when I don't know. I can figure out all the continental USers and Canooks out. For instance, I know it's 9:37 there right now. In the afternoon. :)
Posted by georgia_bride09[/QUOTE]
I seriously awed out loud.  That's adorable.  And even funnier when you realize you can just add 6 hours. :D

jnic0319

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[QUOTE]In high school, I used to think that gas stations were strategically placed over oil formations :/ Nevermind that the oil has to be refined into gasoline. Given that refining crude oil is one of the biggest parts of LA's economy, it was a really dumb idea to have. My brother still hasn't let me forget this.
Posted by laurenclaire1386[/QUOTE]


I thought this too when I was young!

AmoroAgain

I have to take a moment and brag about my geography knowledge because we took a lot of shiit from our Brit friends about Americans being bad at it.  One day, we were taking a trip somewhere and were behind a semi with a map of Europe on it, with no lines, and they made a crack, so I started listing countries from W to E and got all the way over to the former Soviet republics before I tripped up. 

Shut those fuckers up about that one real quick. 

I also had an argument with my H's former director (who was still his boss at the time) about where New Zealand was compared to Australia.  I said, "It's south" he swore up and down that it was north, and refused to back down until I googled a damn map and sent it to him.  He ignored it. haha

mandapanda78

Yup, I get calls all the time asking me what state DC is in. 

And some winners from some coworkers:

"Is Morton Downey Junior Robert Downey Junior's father?"

"How many people are in New York City per capita?"

And, this isn't a question, but it was so awe inspiring I had to share: One coworker asked another "Are you pregnant?" to which she replied "Oh please! That's like asking the Virgin Mary if she's pregnant."

akhensley81

Speaking of coworkers...

A week or two ago, one of my coworkers sent me her friend's resume because I had a job that might be good for him. I replied to her email to say "Thanks" so she knew I got it.

She came RUNNING up to my office from hers in the back of the room, and said, "I thought you wanted that resume. Why did you just send it back to me??!??!!!!"

And she was completely serious.

JanoBean75

Resume I received:

Objective: To be an asset to a company.

Well, duh, sunshine.

sarabellam

As I am putting notes about abcissas and ordinates; "Do we need to write this down?" Only if you want to learn it, precious.

mags0607

I work in retail, and around the holidays we tell our employees to tell customer's Happy Holidays, as not to offend any specific religion. I explained this to one of my associates and gave her reasos about secular holidays and religious ones.

Well Mother's day rolls around and she comes running up to me, "Can I wish people Happy Mother's Day, or is that a religious holiday too?"

This is the same girl who has asked me gems like:

"Why do we refer to the Fourth of July as Independence Day?"
"If my schedule says 6a-12p does that mean I come to work in the morning or at night?"
"Why do people say they are Scandinavian, I haven't even heard of that country. Is it in Africa?"

She really doesn't think before she speaks.

cat1121

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[QUOTE]This wasn't recent, but a few years ago I had a job applicant who asked me, while he was filling out his job application, "how do you spell marijuana?"
Posted by akhensley81[/QUOTE]


Oh that is too good.

tldh

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Stupid Questions : Not at all related to what you said, and possibly a stupid question, but every time I see your username I think it means "too long; didn't hear", as a variant of tl;dr ("too long; didn't read").  Am I just making stuff up? :P
Posted by damaless[/QUOTE]

Sorry.  It's my initials - not too creative but I had about 20 things going on when I signed up for the knot.

cupcakesfrosting

Stupidest question I was asked this week was: "Where's the nearest ATM Machine?"

Well, not only did you have to walk PAST and AROUND the ATM to get to me, isn't it a little idiotic that you've asked me where the Automated Teller Machine Machine is?

shellydiane820

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[QUOTE]I know very little about football and I asked FI if the Washington Redskins were from D.C. or Washington state. I feel like I should have known that, living in MD and all, but I managed to stump FI for a few minutes too.
Posted by lovethebeach16[/QUOTE]
I know nothing about football!<div>
</div><div>I thought the San Diego Chargers were the South Dakota Lighting Bolts.  Then I when I was in Tampa I had to ask what all the pirate stuff was.</div>

jillybean7582

We had the special olympics in Lincoln a few weeks back.  My FI works at a golf course where they were holding some events.  A local regular to the course came in and asked,

So whats going on here?
FI responds: The special olympics
Regular responds: Oh I know, but what events?
FI giving him the benefit of the doubt responds with: Long drive competition, putting contest, etc.
To which regular responds: Oh so they are golfing?

UM HELLO you are at a golf course wtf else would they be doing?

marisah83

This happened awhile back, but I heard someone ask if they needed a passport to go to New Mexico.

*headdesk*