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Post by Minty118 on Jul 2, 2014 1:37:49 GMT
As soon as some people find out that my 14 year old son and daughter are twins, they ask if they are IDENTICAL. Still! After 14 years. Don't they LOOK different to you. I just smile and say no, she has an innie and he has an outie. ![](http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-basic/rofl.gif) ![](http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-basic/rofl.gif) ![](http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-basic/rofl.gif) I had a woman try very hard to convince me that boy/girl twins could be identical! She refused to believe that there was absolutely no way.
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Post by Rainbow on Jul 2, 2014 2:05:08 GMT
I'm a 911 dispatcher, I get this constantly: Me: 911 where is your emergency Caller: it's not an emergency but........ OMG DRIVES ME CRAZY! Where I live the non-emergency number goes straight to 911 and I have said "This isn't an emergency, I was trying to call the non-emergency number!" ![:P](//storage.proboards.com/5645536/images/OrTI4SBmZ2ZYSFv6ag4f.jpg)
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Post by LilyRose on Jul 2, 2014 2:08:03 GMT
These are so great! Mine is not quite as exciting, but years ago I was interviewing someone for an opening on my team. She already worked for the company in another department. She looked befuddled by most of the questions, and finally said to me, "WHY are you asking me all these questions?" To top is off, I passed her in the hall a few days later, and she said, "you look familiar. Why do I know you?"
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Post by sisterbdsq on Jul 2, 2014 2:08:40 GMT
Where I live, if you call the non-emergency number, you are told to call 911. They will not speak with you. So who is stupid? Not me!
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Post by mom2paige on Jul 2, 2014 2:18:22 GMT
I'm a teacher of the Deaf/Hard of Hearing, I can't tell you how many times people have asked me 'do you read Braille?'. No joke.
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Post by queenofkings on Jul 2, 2014 3:07:51 GMT
We have a sign on our door at work - both sides at eye level - that says "---- ----- is NOT here" followed by address, phone number, directions, a map AND an arrow pointing the direction they should go. It's like it's almost invisible. I would estimate that a good 70% of people walk right past and don't even look at it. Then they proceed to ask questions that were ALL answered on the sign they ignored. And some people stop and "read" it, then come in anyway and say "I read your sign, but..." And ask a question that was answered there. Really? You read the sign? I don't think so! It's like they think we are lying. I kind of feel bad for those thinking they were going to sail through and not have to wait because when they get to where they SHOULD be, there's gonna be a line! I'm so proud of those that can follow directions! LOL!
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Post by QueenoftheSloths on Jul 2, 2014 3:17:13 GMT
"Is this the drawer that is broken?" asked my boss, pointing to the drawer that has been lying ON TOP of the counter for almost 2 weeks now, instead of hanging below it. No no, that drawer is fine, I just want it taking up half the counter.
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Post by jan on Jul 2, 2014 3:17:25 GMT
As soon as some people find out that my 14 year old son and daughter are twins, they ask if they are IDENTICAL. Still! After 14 years. Don't they LOOK different to you. I just smile and say no, she has an innie and he has an outie. ![](http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-basic/rofl.gif) ![](http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-basic/rofl.gif) ![](http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-basic/rofl.gif) That just cracks me up LOL
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Post by jan on Jul 2, 2014 3:19:57 GMT
Thanks for sharing everyone, I have been sitting here reading and laughing at them all.
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Post by darkchami on Jul 2, 2014 3:23:25 GMT
Back in the stone age I worked at Toys R Us. One day I was working the floor and got paged to take a call. The lady calling asked me if she could please speak to the toy department. Um, the whole store is the toy department.
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Post by Outspoken on Jul 2, 2014 3:24:20 GMT
As soon as some people find out that my 14 year old son and daughter are twins, they ask if they are IDENTICAL. Still! After 14 years. Don't they LOOK different to you. I just smile and say no, she has an innie and he has an outie. ![](http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-basic/rofl.gif) ![](http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-basic/rofl.gif) ![](http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-basic/rofl.gif) BTDT but mine are 13
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Post by M in Carolina on Jul 2, 2014 3:40:38 GMT
Same for my town. So you need to talk to the police department and get transferred to 911. Then the person that answers treats you like you're the stupidest idiot on earth. It's not *MY* fault. I was just trying to get a patrol car to go through my neighborhood where all the kids play in the street and dh had two near misses in a week-a kid rode out in front of dh and another rode behind him while he was backing up and kept getting up behind him and wouldn't move. Even at 8mph, our Volvo is going to mess your toddler up, people.
The local school must have done a safety day, because the 20 kids that were out in the streets stopped completely. People fly off the highway into our subdivision, and the kid on the bike that rides off the sidewalk into the street right in front of the cars is going to get creamed. Parents do nothing.
My brother and I are 3 months apart. We were both born in 1977! We're not blood related. People still swore that we had to be twins. 3 months people! 1977! They argue weird cases like that one recent woman that had twins 24 days apart. Yes in 2014, NOT 1977! Twins! Not two kids that AREN'T blood related!
My brother now just agrees with them. It's so not worth the trouble.
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Post by gonzobrandy on Jul 2, 2014 3:43:15 GMT
I have Boy Girl 13 year old twins and have had to convince an alarmingly large number of people that Boy Girl Twins can NEVER be identical never mind that mine look nothing alike. @@
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Post by cyndijane on Jul 2, 2014 3:47:23 GMT
I rent vehicles as part of my day job. Weekly we have people come in without a drivers license, and they're truly indignant and irate that I won't "help them". For real- WHY ARE YOU DRIVING WITHOUT A VALID LICENSE???
I don't get it. Some things should be common sense...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2014 3:48:39 GMT
I'm a 911 dispatcher, I get this constantly: Me: 911 where is your emergency Caller: it's not an emergency but........ OMG DRIVES ME CRAZY! Once, my grandmother (who was getting up there in age and not all together with-it) called 911 because her toilet overflowed. And when the dispatcher told her that 911 could not help her, my grandmother called her city councillor. I am sure those two individuals are still telling the story about the crazy lady who called them about her toilet...
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Post by Amelia Bedelia on Jul 2, 2014 3:51:26 GMT
I used to work in custom framing at Michael's. Our store was as up so custom framing was in the back, and you had to walk through several aisles if frames to get to the counter. And there was a large sign that said frames and hung from the ceiling and another that said custom framing and hung over the counter. Not to mention all the frames samples on the wall...
I can't even count how many people came to the counter and asked where the frames are.
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Post by sakura on Jul 2, 2014 4:01:23 GMT
I am a high school teacher. Final exams at my school are worth 10% of the semester grade. I always explain to my students how to calculate what they need to get on the final exam to keep their grade where it is. After I explained how to do it, one of my students this year said, "I need to get 156% on your final to get a B. How am I going to do that?" I just stared at the student for quite a while. I finally told them to be happy with a C. Sigh.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Jul 2, 2014 4:05:08 GMT
As soon as some people find out that my 14 year old son and daughter are twins, they ask if they are IDENTICAL. Still! After 14 years. Don't they LOOK different to you. I just smile and say no, she has an innie and he has an outie. ![](http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-basic/rofl.gif) ![](http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-basic/rofl.gif) ![](http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-basic/rofl.gif) OMG I just sprayed soda on the screen!
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Post by emhibb on Jul 2, 2014 4:05:57 GMT
A lot of times when being put on a waiting list for a restaurant we will use my name because my DH has a very common name. So after giving my name "Eva", the hostess asked if it was spelled A-v-a as in "Ava"? My DH answered, uh no, it's E-v-a as in "Eva". That was a first.. And it's only three letters!
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Post by TracieClaiborne on Jul 2, 2014 4:08:06 GMT
These are a riot! I work for a recording artist and I made his voice mail extremely long because I got tired of returning so many calls. I clearly and very slowly state that booking is ONLY handled by e-mail and that he absolutely cannot return calls personally. At the end of the message, I say, "For all other questions, please e-mail us at ---------. Please leave a message ONLY if you do not have access to e-mail." At least once a week, I get a message that goes, "Can you ask him to call me?" No reason or explanation. Just their name and sometimes they don't even leave their number. Also very frequently he gets e-mails flirting with him and this week I said he couldn't return calls because he is spending time with his wife and four kids and the person said, and I quote....."He have a wife? ![???](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/huh.png) ![???](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/huh.png) ![???](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/huh.png) ![???](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/huh.png) ![???](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/huh.png) ![???](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/huh.png) ? Nevermind don't tell him that I needed help!" Who e-mails a celebrity trying to hook up with them? That's bizarre!! I would have tried that on my boyfriend Jim Caviezel a long time ago if I thought it worked! LOL!
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Post by keknj on Jul 2, 2014 5:12:02 GMT
My kids are 3 YEARS apart and I had an elderly lady asking me if they were twins! Really? They are both appropriate sizes for their ages. He was 10 and she was 7. I just decided she must have vision problems.
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Post by chaosisapony on Jul 2, 2014 5:23:47 GMT
Every day at work I have to call between 10-20 people to let them know that their items are in and that they can come pick them up. Sounds simple right? It would be except 90% of people don't answer their phone. So I leave a nice message "Hello this is Tina calling from blah blah, I wanted to let you know your blah is in and can be picked up any time. Thank you" It never fails within 1 to 2 minutes the phone is ringing and the person calling says "I think I just got a call from your office?" LISTEN TO YOUR GOD DAMN FUCKING VOICEMAIL! It would take these people 1/4 of the time to listen to the voicemail than to call me back, get the receptionist, get transferred to me and for me to look up their name to see what I called them for. It's absolutely maddening.
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Post by scrapsuzy on Jul 2, 2014 7:29:57 GMT
I work in the ER doing patient registration, and am the first person people talk to when they come in. To sign them in I have to ask basic stuff like their name, date of birth, and the last 4 of their Social Security Number. I also have to put in a few words what their symptoms are, or what brought them in (I don't say the same thing every time). It is amazing to me how many people say stuff like "Well, I've been having chest pain/back pain/headache/abdominal pain for the past week/month/many months." Sometimes I ask them (and if I don't, the nurse who takes vitals right behind me will, and then later so will the triage nurse, and then the doctor) "Okay, but what makes it an emergency NOW?" or "Did you call your doctor?"
I am also truly shocked how many parents bring their kids in for a fever, and they haven't even tried to give them anything for it!
And then there are the people who come in asking for help getting someone out of the car. Usually we have a tech who can go help, but I do sometimes ask "How did they get in the car?" Only sometimes though. So let me just say: If they can't get in or out of the car, call an ambulance!"
Oh, and if I tell you that I can't tell you how long your wait is going to be, asking me again and again isn't going to change my answer.
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Jul 2, 2014 11:28:50 GMT
I had one in mind but I've gotten so sidetracked reading all these and laughing my head off... I've forgotten!
Thanks for the chuckles this morning.
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Post by msbee on Jul 2, 2014 11:43:04 GMT
When I have callers who call on my sales line to ask me "how much will this 99.99 item cost with my 25% off question"
Gosh you failed 3rd grade math AND you don't have a calculator?
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Post by tiffanytwisted on Jul 2, 2014 11:44:36 GMT
These are hilarious!
Sadly, nothing is springing to mind for me, but I'll keep thinking.
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Post by threecs on Jul 2, 2014 12:04:01 GMT
I definitely get the "are your twins identical" question also. Even though they are boy/girl. And they have different color eyes!
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Post by hop2 on Jul 2, 2014 12:13:27 GMT
I guess it's Universal for children who resemble each other to be considered twins.
My kids get asked if they are twins. The wildest one was a teacher who had them both, 2 grades apart, both honors students, asked me if they were twins. Because if we held one back 2 whole years they would still be in honors classes. Then, as soon as it had popped out, she immediately turned beet red. I winked and said yeah Irish ones. ( but they are actually too far part for that 19 months ) In all fairness they do quite resemble each other and she had a very long day. One if the best teachers they've ever had!
Hey in college my room mate and I had birthdays about 20 days apart. We did not look at all alike, we had different last names, and still we were asked if we were twins frequently . Lol
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Post by anonrefugee on Jul 2, 2014 12:17:49 GMT
I'm a 911 dispatcher, I get this constantly: Me: 911 where is your emergency Caller: it's not an emergency but........ OMG DRIVES ME CRAZY! Where I live the non-emergency number goes straight to 911 and I have said "This isn't an emergency, I was trying to call the non-emergency number!" ![:P](//storage.proboards.com/5645536/images/OrTI4SBmZ2ZYSFv6ag4f.jpg) Here too! Our neighborhood had a vandalism problem, police told us to call 911. I would say *not emergency* since culprit wasn't hanging around and in case dispatcher needed to take call needing ambulance or fire truck. Guess I wasn't being helpful... Thanks for doing that job, it's gotta be tough.
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Post by grinningcat on Jul 2, 2014 12:22:47 GMT
These are hilarious. I know I have some, I just can't think of them right now. Other than kind of a lame one.
I work in television. Every once in a while, I'll be out shooting a story with my producer and someone will ask "so do you work in television?". It is so tempting to say, "nope. I just have a stalker who follows me around with a camera, documenting my every move. who I occasionally talk to."
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