Whoever said that there is no such thing as a stupid question is an idiot. People ask stupid questions all the time, including me. I've watched my husband emerge from the bathroom only to ask "where were you?".
Being well aware of my ability to look like a moron on occasion. I try to be forgiving of people when it's their turn to be the moron. But, sometimes, it's just so hard.
In line at the grocery store once, this woman asked me how old my girls were. I told her 2 and 3, to which she responded, "are they twins?".
"Yes, of course they are twins. It's what all the celebrities are doing, you simply freeze-dry one of them till later, when things with the first one calm down a bit."
That's not what I said, I just smiled and nodded and was too nice to explain how twins work.
Most of the time, the person doesn't mean it. They just have a thought in their head that they forget to erase before opening their mouths. We do it all the time with emails, why not words?
"And send. Crap, don't send. UNSEND!"
Sometimes I wonder if the questioner is being purposefully malicious. Last summer we lost our cat. My husband went to the neighbors house to ask if they had seen it, they hadn't. Later when I went outside with flyers for the mailboxes, I passed the neighbor.
"Did you find your cat?" he asked.
"No, not yet. But hopefully we will" I respond.
"Yeah, your son looked pretty upset when he came asking about it" he said.
My son? My son was at Grandma's house. Did he mean my husband? He thinks my husband is my son? No he couldn't. Could he?
"Oh you mean my husband, he said he was going to check with the neighbors"
"He's your husband?!" He exclaims astonished.
Due to blind fury, I don't really know what happened next, but what I like to believe is that he burst into flames as a meteor fell out of the sky flattening him.
I have to watch how I answer people, as I have a tendency to answer with utter honesty and a touch of sarcasm. I went to a trade fair and made the mistake of entering myself in a number of draws. Over the next few weeks I received a bunch of calls letting me know that I didn't win, but wanting me to book a party or consult.
One woman was particularly persistent, she would not take no for an answer.
I told her that I wasn't interested. She said I would be after I tried the product, and then left samples on my doorstep. She was calling at least three times a week, and leaving crap on my doorstep. Screening her calls for 2 weeks didn't dissuade her either. Enough was enough.
It was about 8:30a.m when she called. I answered.
"Hello" I didn't ask like a pleasant question, more like a bark.
"Hi Jessica, I've been trying you for two weeks, why haven't you answered?"
"Because I have call display." And that's the last time I heard from her.
Being well aware of my ability to look like a moron on occasion. I try to be forgiving of people when it's their turn to be the moron. But, sometimes, it's just so hard.
In line at the grocery store once, this woman asked me how old my girls were. I told her 2 and 3, to which she responded, "are they twins?".
"Yes, of course they are twins. It's what all the celebrities are doing, you simply freeze-dry one of them till later, when things with the first one calm down a bit."
That's not what I said, I just smiled and nodded and was too nice to explain how twins work.
Most of the time, the person doesn't mean it. They just have a thought in their head that they forget to erase before opening their mouths. We do it all the time with emails, why not words?
"And send. Crap, don't send. UNSEND!"
Sometimes I wonder if the questioner is being purposefully malicious. Last summer we lost our cat. My husband went to the neighbors house to ask if they had seen it, they hadn't. Later when I went outside with flyers for the mailboxes, I passed the neighbor.
"Did you find your cat?" he asked.
"No, not yet. But hopefully we will" I respond.
"Yeah, your son looked pretty upset when he came asking about it" he said.
My son? My son was at Grandma's house. Did he mean my husband? He thinks my husband is my son? No he couldn't. Could he?
"Oh you mean my husband, he said he was going to check with the neighbors"
"He's your husband?!" He exclaims astonished.
Due to blind fury, I don't really know what happened next, but what I like to believe is that he burst into flames as a meteor fell out of the sky flattening him.
I have to watch how I answer people, as I have a tendency to answer with utter honesty and a touch of sarcasm. I went to a trade fair and made the mistake of entering myself in a number of draws. Over the next few weeks I received a bunch of calls letting me know that I didn't win, but wanting me to book a party or consult.
One woman was particularly persistent, she would not take no for an answer.
I told her that I wasn't interested. She said I would be after I tried the product, and then left samples on my doorstep. She was calling at least three times a week, and leaving crap on my doorstep. Screening her calls for 2 weeks didn't dissuade her either. Enough was enough.
It was about 8:30a.m when she called. I answered.
"Hello" I didn't ask like a pleasant question, more like a bark.
"Hi Jessica, I've been trying you for two weeks, why haven't you answered?"
"Because I have call display." And that's the last time I heard from her.
lmfao!!! I love it!!! I hate this one: when you answer the phone but right after you answer with HELLO the person on the other line asks, "WHO'S THIS?"...SUCKA YOU CALLED ME!!!! ANNOUNCE YOURSELF!!! LOL
ReplyDeleteThat's a good one! It drives me nuts when people do that.
ReplyDeleteLike your hubbie, mine has also seccumbed to the stupid question affliction. Example: Hubbie: where are you? Me: I'm in the bathroom. H: What are you doing? M: EXCUSE ME???? Do ya really want details??? I can give em, but I don't want to have to clean up his vomit off the floor!!!
ReplyDeleteLOL, I just tell mine, serves him right for asking.
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