From a former photography club member's FB page. (around 2005)

My husband and I went through the McDonald's driveway window and I gave the cashier a $5 bill.
Our total was $4.25, so I also handed her 25c.
She said, 'you gave me too much money.'
I said, 'Yes I know, but this way you can just give me a dollar back.'
She sighed and went to get the manager who asked me to repeat my request.
I did so, and he handed me back the 25c, and said 'We're sorry but we don’t do that kind of thing.'
The cashier then proceeded to give me back 75 cents in change.
Do not confuse the people at MacD's.

We had to have the garage door repaired.
The repairman told us that one of our problems was that we did not have a 'large' enough motor on the opener.
I thought for a minute, and said that we had the largest one made at that time, a 1/2 horsepower.
He shook his head and said, 'You need a 1/4 horsepower.'
I responded that 1/2 was larger than 1/4 and he said, 'NOOO, it's not. Four is larger than two.'
We haven't used that repairman since...

I live in a semi rural area.
We recently had a new neighbor call the local city council office to request the removal of the DEER CROSSING sign on our road.
The reason: 'Too many deer are being hit by cars out here! I don't think this is a good place for them to be crossing anymore.'

IDIOT SIGHTING IN FOOD SERVICE.
My daughter went to a Mexican fast food and ordered a taco.
She asked the person behind the counter for 'minimal lettuce.'
He said he was sorry, but they only had iceberg lettuce.

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.'

The pedestrian light on the corner beeps when it's safe to cross the street.
I was crossing with an 'intellectually challenged' co-worker of mine.
She asked if I knew what the beeper 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 is a government employee.....

When my wife and I arrived at a car dealership to pick up our car after a
service, 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, 'its open!'
His reply, 'I know. I already did that side.'
STAY ALERT!

Enjoy,
Mark

Really good stories Mark. I have one that actually happened to me. Went into a fast food restorant and ordered a berger, they had a special going on with fries, so she asked me if I wanted the special, I said no, that I was allergic to potatoes, she said oh sorry no worries, the special dosn't come with potatos, just french fries. I said no just a hamburger, when she rang it up I noticed that the price was higher than the special. I protested asking why the hamburger without fries was more costly than the it is with fries. She explained because thats a special. I realized what I was dealing with, soI asked if I could still get the special, she said yes. When the food arrived, I simply took the package of fries out of the bag and gave it back to her, she just stared at me as I left. True story

From a former photography club member's FB page. (around 2005)

My husband and I went through the McDonald's driveway window and I gave the cashier a $5 bill.
Our total was $4.25, so I also handed her 25c.
She said, 'you gave me too much money.'
I said, 'Yes I know, but this way you can just give me a dollar back.'
She sighed and went to get the manager who asked me to repeat my request.
I did so, and he handed me back the 25c, and said 'We're sorry but we don’t do that kind of thing.'
The cashier then proceeded to give me back 75 cents in change.
Do not confuse the people at MacD's.

We had to have the garage door repaired.
The repairman told us that one of our problems was that we did not have a 'large' enough motor on the opener.
I thought for a minute, and said that we had the largest one made at that time, a 1/2 horsepower.
He shook his head and said, 'You need a 1/4 horsepower.'
I responded that 1/2 was larger than 1/4 and he said, 'NOOO, it's not. Four is larger than two.'
We haven't used that repairman since...

I live in a semi rural area.
We recently had a new neighbor call the local city council office to request the removal of the DEER CROSSING sign on our road.
The reason: 'Too many deer are being hit by cars out here! I don't think this is a good place for them to be crossing anymore.'

IDIOT SIGHTING IN FOOD SERVICE.
My daughter went to a Mexican fast food and ordered a taco.
She asked the person behind the counter for 'minimal lettuce.'
He said he was sorry, but they only had iceberg lettuce.

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.'

The pedestrian light on the corner beeps when it's safe to cross the street.
I was crossing with an 'intellectually challenged' co-worker of mine.
She asked if I knew what the beeper 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 is a government employee.....

When my wife and I arrived at a car dealership to pick up our car after a
service, 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, 'its open!'
His reply, 'I know. I already did that side.'
STAY ALERT!

Enjoy,
Mark

Before I retired in June 2007 I had been working with some younger teachers who were that bad.

I had students who changed schedules and teachers who came to me to get me to tell their new teacher that what I had taught them was correct. And some of the teachers argued with me about it and I had to actually show them the source material.

And some of those teachers asked me to "translate" notes I sent them in cursive. They didn't know cursive. I had "Fun Lessons" I would throw in for relief from time to time - one of them was "cursive" and at the 10th & 11th grade level I had students who had never been exposed to cursive. "That is that stuff my grandparents use when they don't want us to know what they are writing." I also had a lesson on Roman Numerals since some textbooks use(d) them for things that are not strictly part of the subject matter.

My wife has worked in middle school for the last 28 years. The decline in education over that time is shocking. It really has become a sort of state sponsored daycare. There are basically no rules anymore. Students can retake tests as many times as they want to get the grade they want. No student fails a grade and stays back to repeat it and if the parents are called in due to a child’s behavior, it’s never the child’s fault. Some of the stories she comes home with about someone’s behavior and smart mouth comments, I just tell her not to worry in 6 years or so they will be in jail.

My wife has worked in middle school for the last 28 years. The decline in education over that time is shocking. It really has become a sort of state sponsored daycare. There are basically no rules anymore. Students can retake tests as many times as they want to get the grade they want. No student fails a grade and stays back to repeat it and if the parents are called in due to a child’s behavior, it’s never the child’s fault. Some of the stories she comes home with about someone’s behavior and smart mouth comments, I just tell her not to worry in 6 years or so they will be in jail.