stooopid questions
 

i have heard some unusual and sometimes funny questions... a common one quoted is "what time is the 4 o'clock parade?"... most of the time, they mean "what time does the 4 o'clock parade get HERE where i'm standing?" -- so it is forgivable.

yesterday, i was asked this:

"Me and my husband are bringing our five children with us to Disneyland this weekend and i will be paying full admission for all of them. But, since I am 8 1/2 months pregnant, and won't be going on any rides, can I get in free?"


:rolleyes:

In the old days of ticket books.... but alas....

I get asked stupid questions like this at the library:

Patron: How much does it cost to attend (insert program name here) ?
Me: Our programs at the library are free.
Patron: So, I don't have to pay?
Me: That's correct, it's free.
Patron: Okay, so I DON'T have to pay... how about if I bring my kid...

Sometimes it goes on for a little bit, but usually after the go-around, I look busy and run away.

O the stoooopid questions! Especially when as a past CM there is an entire segment of stupid questions on MC. I worked in retail for 3 years also. Wherehouse Records & Tapes. My personal favorite stupid question was "What's the name of that song? You know it goes "he/she loves me but I don't" humm hummm hummm blah blah blah.

Ahhh, NO!!! I don't. So PLEASE never ask me the name of a song, musician, band, cd, etc. To this day it drives me nuts.

Some stupid questions I've surprisingly been asked a couple times:
--"What kind of film does your digital camera use?"
--"I don't know how to e-mail photos and there's not enough time for me to send you the photo by mail, so can I FAX you my photo?" (to be used in a full-color, printed magazine). :rolleyes:

I used to joke about this (thinking nobody would actually be stupid enough to do this), but I actually received an email at work last week where the person put in: "Let me know if you don't get this." Kept me laughing for a solid couple of days!

Working as a DJ, I was surprisingly good at identifying songs that way. About 60% success rate!

LOL...I get them too, but I get to read their signed mortgages back to them...LOL..."I had a fixed rate!!...they said I have a fixed rate!!"...no you intialed page 4 that you had an intro rate and it would them be adjustable ...you also signed the bottom of the note....or..."do i have a pre payment penalty"...yes, you do it;s $350.00...it on page 3, the box is checked and your intials are right by it...do people ever read what they sign???

my favorite was. "I paid through your website!!! I know I did!!! I just lost the confirmation #"!! I shouldn't have late fees!!"...ok...I have a copy of your check here that you dated after your grace period that you mailed in. That is what you have late fees.....

next i get to learn about escrow/impound accounts...I can't wait..people really get heated about those...."why did my payment go up?" well, your taxes/insurance went up...we know have to collect more to pay those out....

I thik my all time favorite is directing people on the website. Me: "fill out your user name and password and hit next"...them "ok I put in my user name and password...what do I do now?" ...me: "click next"...*sigh*...but I like my job...for the most part it's fun...:)

One of my favorites is AFTER a guest pays for their tickets, they ask "What's in there, are there rides and things?" :)

I've probably mentioned this before, but it's my most favoritest stooopid question ever.

It was right after the library re-opened following a remodel. We (the pages) were re-stocking shelves and we didn't have all the books back out yet or the signage up.

An adult male patron walked up to me and asked: "Do you still have the number books?"

Pause.

"You mean, non-fiction?"

One stupid question I get asked repeatedly:

"So, I've been told I can't perm my hair 'cause it's bleached. If I dye it back to brown, can I perm it then?":rolleyes:

I usually tell them blonde suits them much better.

You must spread some Mojo around before giving it to wendybeth again.



hahaha heehee, huh? oh. oops

I don't get that...?

In the Dewey Decimal System, non-fiction books are sorted by a subject number. Fiction books are sorted by author.

I've never heard of anyone referring to them as "the number books" though. ;)

'Tis true, 'tis true. It actually took me a couple seconds to figure out what the patron was asking for.

Ah, thank you CP.

So, they're made out of cheese, but what's in them?

"How much did that copy of Harry Potter Cost you?"

"I got it from the library."

"Oh....do you have to have it back by a certain date?"

Dude, where's my car?

Every time my husband asks me where we parked, I respond: "Outside."

And yet, he still asks me where we parked.

Back in the '80s when I worked at Tower Records, a woman came in to buy a record for her nephew. "Do you have 'The Children are Fine'?"

...and Prudence, your car comment reminds me that whenever someone tries to engage me in a conversation about my tattoos with "Nice tat, where'd you get it?" I invariably reply, "On my arm."

This thread reminds me of the old "Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions" that Al Jaffee wrote for Mad Magazine.

This was just something I overheard tonight at Disneyland:

Q.Wanna go to Sea World Tomorrow?
A. Nah, it's probably just like this place
Q. How about that Wild Animal Park
A. I don't want no orangutang jumping on my truck!

Today somebody pointed at my Revenge of the Mummy: The Ride shirt, and asked
"Is Revenge of the Mummy a ride?"

Last night I was in Disneyana and the guy in front of me was buying a copy of E-ticket magazine. The cast member was explaining that it used to come out quarterly but now it's semi-annual. The guy (who I saw was also a castmember when he pulled out his ID to get a discount) said, "Once a year?" The Disneyana CM said, "No, twice a year" and the guest/CM said "Every six months?"

Tomorrow we will discuss the 24-hour day and the 7-day week. Take notes. It will be on the final.

With or without extended daylight savings time?

Yesterday, a guest asked a coworker "What's a theme park?"
This is after they've put a couple hundred dollars on the counter to buy tickets...