> IDIOTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD: I live in a semi-rural area. We
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> recently had a new neighbor call the local township
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> administrative office to request the removal of the Deer
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> Crossing sign on our road. The reason: "too many deer were
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> being hit by cars" and he didn't want them to cross there
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> anymore.
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> IDIOTS IN FOOD SERVICE: My daughter went to a local Taco
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> Bell and ordered a taco. She asked the person behind the
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> counter for "minimal lettuce." He said he was sorry, but
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> they only had iceberg.
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> **********
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> IDIOT SIGHTING: I was at the airport, checking in at the
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> gate when an airport employee asked, "Has anyone put
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> anything in your baggage without your knowledge?" To
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> which I replied, "If it was without my knowledge, how
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> would I know?" He smiled knowingly and nodded,
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> "That's why we ask."
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> **********
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> IDIOT SIGHTING: The stoplight on the corner buzzes
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> when it's safe to cross the street. I was crossing
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> with an intellectually challenged coworker of mine
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> when she asked if I knew what the buzzer was for.
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> I explained that it signals blind people when the light
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> is red. Appalled, she responded, "What on earth are
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> blind people doing driving?!"
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> **********
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> IDIOT SIGHTING: At a good-bye luncheon for an old
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> and dear coworker who was leaving the company
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> due to "downsizing," our manager commented cheerfully,
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> "this is fun. We should do this more often." Not a word
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> was spoken. We all just looked at each other with that
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> deer-in-the-headlights stare.
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> **********
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> IDIOT SIGHTING: I work with an individual who plugged
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> her power strip back into itself and for the life of her
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> couldn't understand why her system would not turn on.
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> **********
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> IDIOT SIGHTING: When my husband and I arrived at an car
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> dealership to pick up our car, we were told the keys had
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> been locked in it. We went to the service department
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> and found a mechanic working feverishly to unlock the
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> driver's side door. As I watched from the passenger side,
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> I instinctively tried the door handle and discovered that
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> it was unlocked. "Hey," I announced to the technician,
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> "it's open!" To which he replied,
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> "I know - I already got that side."
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> >
> recently had a new neighbor call the local township
> >
> administrative office to request the removal of the Deer
> >
> Crossing sign on our road. The reason: "too many deer were
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> being hit by cars" and he didn't want them to cross there
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> anymore.
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>
> >
> **********
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>
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>
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>
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> IDIOTS IN FOOD SERVICE: My daughter went to a local Taco
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> Bell and ordered a taco. She asked the person behind the
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> counter for "minimal lettuce." He said he was sorry, but
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> they only had iceberg.
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>
> >
>
> >
> **********
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>
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>
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>
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> IDIOT SIGHTING: I was at the airport, checking in at the
> >
> gate when an airport employee asked, "Has anyone put
> >
> anything in your baggage without your knowledge?" To
> >
> which I replied, "If it was without my knowledge, how
> >
> would I know?" He smiled knowingly and nodded,
> >
> "That's why we ask."
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>
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>
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> **********
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>
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>
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>
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> IDIOT SIGHTING: The stoplight on the corner buzzes
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> when it's safe to cross the street. I was crossing
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> with an intellectually challenged coworker of mine
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> when she asked if I knew what the buzzer was for.
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> I explained that it signals blind people when the light
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> is red. Appalled, she responded, "What on earth are
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> blind people doing driving?!"
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>
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>
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> **********
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>
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>
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>
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> IDIOT SIGHTING: At a good-bye luncheon for an old
> >
> and dear coworker who was leaving the company
> >
> due to "downsizing," our manager commented cheerfully,
> >
> "this is fun. We should do this more often." Not a word
> >
> was spoken. We all just looked at each other with that
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> deer-in-the-headlights stare.
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>
> >
>
> >
> **********
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>
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>
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>
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> IDIOT SIGHTING: I work with an individual who plugged
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> her power strip back into itself and for the life of her
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> couldn't understand why her system would not turn on.
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>
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>
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> **********
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>
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>
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>
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> IDIOT SIGHTING: When my husband and I arrived at an car
> >
> dealership to pick up our car, we were told the keys had
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> been locked in it. We went to the service department
> >
> and found a mechanic working feverishly to unlock the
> >
> driver's side door. As I watched from the passenger side,
> >
> I instinctively tried the door handle and discovered that
> >
> it was unlocked. "Hey," I announced to the technician,
> >
> "it's open!" To which he replied,
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> "I know - I already got that side."
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