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< < < I don't suppose you've ever run in to any of these people... < < < < IDIOTS IN SERVICE: < < < < < < < < This week, all our office phones went dead and I had to contact the < < telephone repair people. They promised to be out between 8:00 a.m. and < 7:00 < < p.m. When I asked if they could give me a smaller time window, the < pleasant < < gentleman asked, "Would < < you like us to call you before we come?" I replied that I didn't see how < he < < would be able to do that, since our phones weren't working. He also < < requested that we report future outages by e-mail. (Does YOUR e-mail work < < without a telephone line?) < < < < < < < < IDIOTS AT WORK: < < < < < < < < I was signing the receipt for my credit card purchase when the clerk < < noticed I had never signed my name on the back of the credit card. She < < informed me that she could not complete the transaction unless the card < was < < signed. When I asked why, < < she explained that it was necessary to compare the signature I had just < < signed on the receipt. So I signed the credit card in front of her. She < < carefully compared the signature to the one I had just signed on the < < receipt. As luck would have it, they matched. < < < < < < < < IDIOTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD: < < < < < < < < I live in a semi-rural area. We 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 being hit by cars and he < < didn't want them to cross there anymore. < < < < < < < < IDIOTS IN FOOD SERVICE: < < < < < < < < My daughter went to a local Taco Bell and ordered a taco. She asked the < < person behind the counter for "minimal lettuce." He said he was sorry, < but < < they only had iceberg. < < < < < < < < IDIOT SIGHTING #1: < < < < < < < < 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." < < < < < < < < IDIOT SIGHTING #2: < < < < < < < < The stoplight on the corner buzzes when it's safe to cross the street. I < was < < crossing with an intellect-challenged coworker when she asked if I knew < what < < the buzzer was for. I explained that it signals blind people when the < light < < is red. Appalled, she responded, "What on earth are blind people doing < < driving?!" < < < < < < < < IDIOT SIGHTING #3: < < < < < < < < At a good-bye luncheon for an old and dear coworker who was < < leaving the company due to "down sizing," 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 deer-in-the-headlights stare. < < < < < < < < IDIOT SIGHTING #4: < < < < < < < < I work with an individual who plugged her power strip back into it < < self and for the life of her couldn't understand why her system would < < not turn on. < < < < < < < < IDIOT SIGHTING #5: < < < < < < < < When my husband and I arrived at an automobile dealership to pick < < up our car, we were told the keys had 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, "I know - < < I already got that side." < < < < <
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