Idiot Alert!

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What about people that phone the wrong number and KEEP calling instead of double-checking the number?

Him: May I speak to (insert name)?
Me: No, I think you got the wrong number.
Him: Oh I'm sorry, bye.
Me: No problem, bye.
--- 10 seconds later:
Him: May I speak to (insert same name)?
Me: No, you still have the wrong number.
Him: Hmmm.. is this (insert phone number)?
Me: Yes, but there is no (insert name) here. You should check that number again.
Him: Ok, sorry, bye.
Me: Bye.
--- 15 seconds later:
(insert dialogue above plus talking in a pissed-off tone)

 

Ok, I am going to add myself as an example of an idiot.
Case 1- My wife told me when we moved to California, not to leave food lying around because ants can be pretty bad out here. I fed the cats and spilled some food on the floor. I figured the cats would eat it and no problem. Ha ha ha. They left the food and I just battled a huge army of ants. There was hundreds of them all over the laundry room.
Case 2- Found the perfect job listing Monday. Deadline for applying was Wednesday. I procrastinated and thought I had time. I missed it entirely.

 

Two stupid guys pissed me off
A:Hi can i speak with Osman please?
Me:Wrong number
A:Oh sorry
--------(1 minute later)
A:Can i speak with Osman please?
Me:Wrong number again.Try calling a different area code.
A:Oh pardon.
---------(1 minute later)
A:Hi it's Osman anyone called me?

 

When I was working as a someone-for-everything-student for a mashine building company here in Cologne I frequently had to aid my colleagues with their computers. It pointed out that they used some 7 different OSes in the same building: Linux, Win 3.11, Win95, Win98, Win-NT, MacOS and Unix ....
The best thing was: The bosses had fired the network admin - they determined his uselessness by the very fact that the company hadn't had a network crash for 2 years That was about when I decided to leave ....

[ February 14, 2003, 11:38: Message edited by: Ragusa ]

 

my boss was trying to show me something on the network that required his password. When he typed it in and pushed enter, it came up invalid. He said, "How did i know that was wrong?"

Er, dummy, it's your password and your fingers type it. No one else knows it so how would we have known it was wrong before you hit go??

I hate my boss.

 

Some idiot at the local pharmacy in my town mis-entered the phone number that is printed on their pill-bottles for refills - one little number! Now I get about six to eight calls a day from really old people trying to get their prescriptions refilled - when I tell them that they are calling the wrong number and then give them the correct number, they call back anyways! I called the pharmacy yesterday to complain, and they said that they were sorry and would correct the mis-entered phone number, but that there was nothing else they could do about it... I should just wait it out until all of those prescriptions are finished. AAAARGH!!

 

I'm currently working on a high security database.. I can't tell you the specifics, but my genius boss has made it safe alright: how to get into the database? username: which is basically my first name, password: the same as the user name! And how about getting in there as admin? You guessed it: admin/admin.

And at the same time they tell me to log out of the computer every single time I leave the room, even if I'm just going to the bathroom! It's really one of those things that call for a

 

I remember walking into a restaurant some summer day. It was like 170 thousand degrees outside, so I didn't have much of an apetite and just ordered a salad. The waitress looks at me and - I swear to God - says "Salad? But you're not fat."

/me scratches head. Hmm.. Eat salad, not fat. How do you think that might have happened?

 

Me and my Static lecturer. It was just a casual off class talk when the issue went to molecules (like atoms, electrons, protons and such).

He asked me, "Can't you see molecular structure using microscope? Microscope nowadays are very fancy, they can even see bacteria."

 

I overheard this fellow say that his friend left his pager. The guy proceeded to call the paging company and left a message saying, "Come back. You left your pager." When the pager beeps, he says, " I hope he gets back soon. He has a new message."

 

That "guy redials wrong number thing is really annoying".

Caller: Hello, is Barbara there?
Me: No, sorry, you have a wrong number.
Caller: Sorry, bye.

I put down the phone and walk back over to my TV. As soon as I sit down, the phone rings again. It's the same guy.

Caller: Hello, is Barbara there?
Me: I am sorry, but nobody by that name lives here.
Caller: Is this [number]?
Me: No.
Caller: Sorry, bye.

Once again I go back to the TV. A few seconds later, the same guy calls again.

Me: Stop hitting your redial button. It's programmed for the wrong number!

 

The same thing happened to me too once!
This happened to me today:

teacher: Okay people, time to hand in your tasks.
me: 'eep'

I quickly whisper to my neighbour:

me: Gimme your task so I can copy it!
Neighbour: no
me: why not?
Neighbour: Do I look like I care 'bout you not having made your task?
me: Eh...yes?
neighbour: OK, OK here it is. but hurry!

I start copying the task. (it's a short exercice but I need more marks!) The paper lies in my schooldesk.

Teacher: Jeroen? (me) What are you doing in your desk?
me: Eh..looking for my task!
Teacher: Hurry up!

I start writing like crazy

Teacher: Jeroen, will you give me the damned task!!
me: Here it is miss!

The teacher looks surprised, then starts laughing

me: What is it miss?
Teacher: nice job copying the wrong exercice Jeroen!

She laughs and gives me a 0 on my task

I look very mad at my neighbor

Neighbour: 'oops'

Life sucks....

[ February 21, 2003, 21:31: Message edited by: Ancalìmon The Wise ]

 

A long time ago when I was a young man in high school...

Early morning...

Mike: I didn't do my homework. Paul, can I copy your homework?

Paul (class valedictorian): Sure.

Later that day in Physics class...

Teacher: Paul, why did you submit two copies of the homework?

Paul: Uh, (thinking quickly) I thought I lost my first copy so I made a new one.

Teacher: Mike, you didn't submit your homework.

Mike: Huh? But...

Mike went down in class history as the guy who copies homework including the person's name.

 

Thank God for this thread. I SOOOO need to vent.

A new customer has been calling me anxiously every five minutes all (rude word) day. First he was calling to make sure I was really, deeply, personally committed to his project and ready to get going immediately. Then he wanted to make sure the copy of my resume he pulled off my corporate website was accurate (Oh, now that you mention it, actually it's full of lies... ).

Then he started calling to verify all my skills, one at a time.

"You have more than 5 years experience with Visio, right?"

Yes, Chris.

Next call:

"You have more than 5 years experience with Micrographix Flow Charter, right?"

Yes, Chris.

Next call:

"You have more than 5 years experience with Microsoft Project 2002, right?"

Chris. You got me there, buddy. I have less than a year's experience with it. Better hire the guy with the time machine instead.

I think I should sue him for a day's lost wages since he interrupted all meaningful attempts at work. What do you think - would I win?