Sighting #1:
I was busy writing some computer program for one of my classes and my
roommate asked me if he could use my coffee maker. I said, "sure." The
next thing I hear is, "Hey, where do you put the coffee?" I turn to see
that he has filled the filter basket with water and is (unsuccessfully)
trying to keep the water in the basket by plugging the hole at the
bottom with his finger. He and the floor are both covered with water.
Sighting #2:
I was at the airport, checking in at the gate, when the airport employee
asked, "Has anyone put anything in your baggage without your knowledge?"
I said, "If it was without my knowledge, how would I know?" He smiled
and nodded knowingly, "That's why we ask."
Sighting #3:
The stoplight on the corner buzzes when it is safe to cross the street.
I was crossing with an intellectually challenged co-worker of mine, when
she asked if I knew what the buzzer was for. I explained that it signals
to blind people when the light is red. She responded, appalled, "What on
earth are blind people doing DRIVING???"
Sighting #4:
At a goodbye lunch for an old and dear co-worker who is leaving the
company due to "rightsizing," our manager spoke up and said, "This is
fun. We should have lunch like this more often." Not another word was
spoken. We just looked at each other like deer staring into the
headlights of an approaching truck.
Sighting #5:
I worked with an Induhvidual who plugged her power strip back into
itself and for the life of her could not understand why her system would
not turn on.
Sighting #6 (a rare "double sighting"):
A friend had a brilliant idea for saving disk space. He thought if he
put all his Microsoft Word documents into a tiny font they'd take up
less room. When he told me I was with another friend. She thought it was
a good idea too.
Sighting #7 (from Tech Support):
Tech Support:
"How much free space do you have on your hard drive?"
Induhvidual:
"Well, my wife likes to get up there on that Internet,
and she downloaded ten hours of free space. Is that enough?"
Sighting #8 (from Tech Support):
Induhvidual:
Now what do I do?
Tech Support:
What is the prompt on the screen?
Induhvidual:
It's asking for "Enter Your Last Name."
Tech Support:
Okay, so type in your last name.
Induhvidual:
How do you spell that?
Another one of my own...
I was sitting in McDonalds one morning studying for finals
when I over heard the following conversation in the booth
behind me.
Man: I need to wire my mother some money.
Woman: Why don't you just fax it?
Man: You can't fax money!
Woman: Sure you can...My office got a fax yesterday and I received
a letter from our east coast office and it was a perfect letter.
So just fax your mom the money..
Man: (Laughing uncontrollably) You know it's just a copy of
the letter that you get and not the original? Right?
Woman: *blink blink* really?
