There are some really clueless people out there. Including of course, me. But as bad as I am, lately, I've been running in a few that can only be described as Darwin's nightmare.
What I'm talking about is different from the Darwin Awards which are given to idiots who have removed themselves from the gene pool doing stupid things. For example, the guy who was working on his roof and didn't want to fall so he tied a rope around his waist, ran it up over the roof and tied the other end to the bumper of his truck. Then his wife gets in the truck and drives off pulling him over the house and five miles down the road to the beauty parlor.
What I am talking about are the clueless people who we run into everyday. Like, who designed those forms that ask for your "birthdate" and then "age?"
How about this. I'm trying to get some business cards made so I go into and instant printing place and ask for a price list. She says "we don't have anything printed but I can write it down for you." I ask "why isn't printed?" She says "because it changes alot." So I say "why don't you go to one of those instant printing places?"
Or how the guy in line ahead of me at the Apple Store who is thinking about buying an iPhone for his Mom but wants to know if it will work when she speaks Chinese.
I love this one. A buddy of mine and I are driving down the road and see an accident so he starts talking about this special knife he bought that's designed cut through a seat belt that might trap you if you're in an accident. So I ask to see it he says "It's in the trunk."
This one happen to me recently. I go to pay for something with a new credit card. As I'm signing the receipt the gal behind the counter says "Oh, I can't accept this card it isn't signed." So I ask for the card back, sign it and hand it to her. She then takes the receipt and the card compares the two signatures and say "Okay."
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