They're in the stores. They're on the roads. We
work and go to school with them. We may even live with them. One of them
could be YOU! You can spot one when you least expect it, and when
you do, submit your story and allow
your Idiot to earn a place in the Hall of Shame with these distinguished
colleagues:
Just the other day, I pulled up to the pump at the neighborhood gas
station, shut off the engine, handed the attendant the keys, and mumbled
absently, "Ten dollars regular, please." He looked at me, at the
pump, then at the rear of the car, and asked if I could pull it up
a little. I must have looked at him rather blankly, because he repeated
himself, slowly, emphasizing every word. "Can... you... pull it
up... a little... please?" I answered in the same tone, pressing the
tips of my index and middle fingers together with my thumb and making a
forward twisting motion for emphasis. "Can... you... give
me... back... the keys... please?"
A lady walked up to a craft store salesperson and asked about a tube of
paint with the brand name PLAID. After the salesperson told her a little
about the paint, the lady indicated the word PLAID and asked, "Does it
come out in this color?" Yeah, lady, this store sells plaid paint...
People around you can succumb to the call of cluelessness at any time.
It happened to three of my co-workers:
One tried to ship a package to Puerto Rico from the Continental US, via
ground travel...
Another came to work with their shirt on inside out, even after looking in
the mirror and wondering vaguely why they could read the logo properly in
reverse....
A third locked his keys in the house and worried all day about how he was
going to get back in, only to find that the door wasn't locked at all...
and worse yet, told us about it!
