Stupiest Question of the Year

[Dark Psion]

I started this topic about two crashes ago, tracking the stupidest questions for each month to see exactly what was the Stupidest Question of 2006.

I had not restarted it since I had not gotten any really stupid questions........till today.

Today, July 21st, a day that was 106 degrees.

A lady called to ask if we had any Christmas lights in stock.

[toolbert]

didn't you know, christmas is supposedly in july now

[Becks]

I think there are Christmas lights somewhere...oh, yeah, they're located in the section called "COME BACK IN 4 MONTHS!!!!!!!!!!!"

[One-Fang]

Might have been planning a mid-summer Christmas. Do you do that over there? We do get a lot of mid-winter Christmas specials, deals, parties, restaurant themed nights, etc. But then, Christmas is traditionally seen as 'cold', and since it's mid-summer here in December, maybe we just try and get some of that 'white Christmas' feeling y'all get naturally.

[Greenday]

We had St. Patricks Day in July at the racetrack...At least it brought in more customers.

Um, one of my co-workers got asked the other day if the beer in the ice was cold. When he was informed it was indeed cold, he asked if he could have one of the beers from her stock, that was warm. He didn't want a cold beer. Ew...

Some guy was ranting to me the other day about some stupid crap. He stopped mid-rant and said, "You don't really give a f***, do you?" I immediately replied, "Nope." You know you've been working too much retail when you can answer that question honestly.

[laughingfuzzball]

Today a customer requested some cut of meat (I forget what) that we carry both bone-in and boneless. She checked the price and asked for bone-in. As I was about to grab her one sge asks me if the bone in has a bone in it. After I tell her it, in fact, does have a bone, she decides to go with the boneless.

[SteverinoNY]

You haven't heard a stupid question until a person asks you "Is a quarter considered cash? Because I just shoved one in this slot marked "cash"." (at the self checkout) Now mind you, that slot marked cash is just like the bill acceptor on a vending machine. Surely we have seen thousands of those and would never assume to shove a quarter in there. That is what the vertical slot called "coins" is for. People some days....trying to kill us all with stupidity.

[jedifarfy]

Nothing like working in cafe:

"So, what's an iced coffee?"

"What's the difference between hot and cold drinks?"

Yes, I get them, and many others, every day.

JF

[Comp_geek]

"Can you teach me how to use a keyboard?"

...need I say more...

[Worker-Intellectual]

Someone asked me if we had any of the salt used to melts snow a couple weeks ago.

Ok, I know it's Canada, but no snow = no salt

The sad thing was I think it was around June 21, the EXACT MIDDLE OF SUMMER!

Another contender for me is "(long story about bank locked in all his money, his wife or neighbor or neighbor's wife (yeah, I tuned him out) died, credit cards are bad because they put you in debt like his lazy son, the world needs more religion)... so can I take some plants and pay you back double on Monday?"

Or...
Me: "Is there a PO number?"
Moron: "Yeah. Bob."
Me: *stares at my keyboard looking for the letter B... or any letter to be exact.*

[RecoveringKinkoid]

It would have to be a toss up:

"Could I get a copy of this? I need to fax it, but I want a copy to keep myself."

And

(picture me sitting in a completely dark control room at a TV station. The lights are out. The screens are out. All the little blinking lights are out. It's utterly silent. I'm sitting in the dark with the phone in my lap, so I can find it when my boss calls back to tell us what to do. It rings.

(little old lady's voice) "Do ya'll know you're off the air?"

[Broomjockey]

I love when people ask me "What time does the 8:00 pirates start?" I like to go "8:00?"

[Twotall]

So far, I have to go with either

1. A fellow helpdesker asks a customer to follw the wire from her TV to her wall outlet, and is asked "how do I do that?"

2. "I'm looking for a brochure that was published by [another company, who still exists and operates fully] in 1994, do you have any in stock? You were mentioned on the back page".

3. While troubleshooting a cable TV customer who had not gotten any signals to his TV for three months: "Is the SCART cable supposed to be hanging loose?" (FYI, the SCART is the cable that connects the TV to the cable decoder)

[Pagan]

The sad thing was I think it was around June 21, the EXACT MIDDLE OF SUMMER!

Actually, that's the beginning of summer.

One of my favorites from when I was incarcirated....uh, working at the Victoria's Secret Call Center in Rio Rathole....

"What color is black?"

[Sir Spaniard the 12th]

I had something similar happen to me about 3 days ago... but I was the customer, and someone else was the employee. I was walking through the newsagent of our local shopping complex, looking for a book to buy, when I noticed the staff member there wearing a santa hat and a vest with 'season's greetings on it.

I'm not sure who was more confused, me or her....