Life's Challenges


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.

THIS ONE WAS FROM KINGMAN, KS.
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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.

AND HE WAS A KANSAS CITY CHEF!
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IDIOT SIGHTING:

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."

HAPPENED IN BIRMINGHAM, ALA.
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IDIOT SIGHTING:

THE STOPLIGHT ON THE CORNER BUZZES WHEN IT'S SAFE TO CROSS  THE STREET.
I WAS CROSSING WITH AN INTELLECTUALLY  CHALLENGED COWORKER OF MINE 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?!"

SHE WAS A PROBATION OFFICER IN WICHITA, KS
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IDIOT SIGHTING:

AT A GOOD-BYE LUNCHEON FOR AN OLD AND DEAR COWORKER WHO WAS LEAVING THE
COMPANY DUE TO "DOWNSIZING," 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.

THIS WAS A BUNCH AT TEXAS INSTRUMENTS.
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IDIOT SIGHTING:

I WORK WITH AN INDIVIDUAL WHO PLUGGED HER POWER STRIP BACK  INTO ITSELF
AND FOR THE LIFE OF HER COULDN'T  UNDERSTAND WHY HER SYSTEM WOULD NOT
TURN ON.

A DEPUTY WITH THE DALLAS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE NO  LESS.
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IDIOT SIGHTING:

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."

THIS WAS AT THE FORD DEALERSHIP IN CANTON,  MISSISSIPPI!
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*AND THEY WALK AMONG US ... AND THEY ARE HAVING
CHILDREN....................AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!