Most Stupid Question You Have Ever Been Asked..

JonathanAnon

I remember I was working a few years ago in an IT Administration position... I was showing the new recruit around the place and introducing him to the other staff...

So I stand in the hall and I say "There's the canteen, there's the server room... There are two toilets .. one at the front of the building, and one beside the canteen"...

He says: "Which one do you use?"....

In my 34 years, never have I been asked a more stupid question..

mp3kid

Which one did you use ?

BizzyC

In 2nd year of school, the kid who was 3 years older than anyone else turned and asked me "how do you spell wall?"

RedXIV

Thats not a bad one really.

I once got asked in tesco by a woman holding a green pepper if it was in fact, a red pepper

JonathanAnon

mp3kid wrote: »

Which one do you use ?

Well now that you ask... if I'm in a rush I go for a quick tinkle in the one beside the canteen.. however if I have a bit of time (and it's a number two), I grab the paper from reception and use the one at the front of the building..

stupidusername

I don't really get it. I mean it may be very odd, but hardly stupid exactly.

I mean like the pepper one above....that's stupid.

Korvanica

In second year of a computer science degree a guy in our class asked me.

"Whats a codec?"

and

"Is there such a thing as a thousand GB hard drive?"

2ND YEAR COMPUTER SCIENCE... WTF

stupidusername

Korvanica wrote: »

In second year of a computer science degree a guy in our class asked me.

"Whats a codec?"

and

"Is there such a thing as a thousand GB hard drive?"

2ND YEAR COMPUTER SCIENCE... WTF

try a fourth year software developer asking what a function looks like... and then when i showed one to him, he asked why there were things in brackets after it ...(parameters) :rolleyes:

Turtyturd

Back in the days of house phones when someone rang and asked 'Where are you?'

Mr Benevolent

'How do you blast someone with piss?'

I showed 'em.

Korvanica

stupidusername wrote: »

try a fourth year software developer asking what a function looks like... and then when i showed one to him, he asked why there were things in brackets after it ...(parameters) :rolleyes:

:eek::eek::eek:

DConway

Whats the number for 11811!?

Big Nasty

A blonde girl I once worked with asked me were limes really lemons that were not yet ripe!:eek::eek::eek:

C-Shore

"What time did the clocks stop working?"

yoyo

Said this before on here but will repeat as its quite funny, worked in a computer shop for a few months a while back, a customer came in (one of those who just browses, asks the odd question, usually a ridiculous one) and she found a display of wireless mice so calls me over and asks for an explanation of what it is.
So I inform her its a wireless version of a mouse for a computer, as in the pointing device you use, which could also be a trackpad on a laptop. Great she says, I'll buy one but will the speeds be good? Thought it was an odd question but afaik it was a bluetooth one at the time so told her it would be as fast as a wired equivalent no problems there.
Then she says it... How fast is the Internet on it!! Now, I wouldn't mind if the person said this first off, as the "wireless" part may cause confusion, but mouse as well as my explanation :S. This went on as well, she wouldn't let it go you couldn't browse the internet on it, even though I told her the reason there are internet providers eircom/bt etc is because the internet is not free, some people!

Nick

Rds1989

In my first year of college, a dubliner and fellow student at trinity asked me seriously as a donegal person whats it like to have the queen ruling over you..............

Gunsfortoys

Do buffalos have wings?!:rolleyes:

Dravokivich

RedXIV wrote: »

Thats not a bad one really.

I once got asked in tesco by a woman holding a green pepper if it was in fact, a red pepper

she coulda been colourblind...

Jesus Wept

RedXIV wrote: »

Thats not a bad one really.

I once got asked in tesco by a woman holding a green pepper if it was in fact, a red pepper

Colour blind?

sbsquarepants

Tore ligaments in my ankle in work a few years back, put ice packs on it and held them on with a bandage and off to casualty with me. Triage nurse calls my name out and i hop into the room in quite obvious pain and distress, still with ice packs bandaged on (she holds the door open for me!) This is the coverstaion we then have

Nurse: What seems to be the problem?

Me: I hurt my ankle.

Nurse: (looking straight at me) Which one?

Sanjuro

When an ex and I went to see the Monty Python musical, Spamalot in New York City-

Is this based on a true story?

We broke up soon after that.

irish_goat

Customer at work asked for a white wine and a vodka + coke.

I poured the vodka first and filled it in front of them with coke.

"Customer: Is that the vodka?"

......

random10

girl was travelling to oz and her friend told her there are 7 deadly snakes in oz, she thought about it for a while and turned around and said, well why don't they just catch the 7 snakes and kill them?

questionmark?

Back many yonks ago while working in Dunnes, stocking shelves whilst wearing the uniform, name tag and all and I often got asked do you work here?
No I just like to play pretend dress up and help random shops out

chughes

A number of years ago I was walking on Dawson Street in Dublin and as I was passing the Mansion House an elderly American tourist asked me what the building was. I told him it was the Mansion House, home of the Lord Mayor. He asked "is that the Lord Mayor of London ?"

Americans, you gotta love 'em

sbsquarepants

Rds1989 wrote: »

In my first year of college, a dubliner and fellow student at trinity asked me seriously as a donegal person whats it like to have the queen ruling over you..............

They meant Daniel O'Donnell

Triangla

Working in local supermarket when in school, I was asked by a customer how much mince do they need to make 4 quarter pounders.

Head butcher cracked his hole laughing behind me.

He nearly fell over when I sold the customer 2 lbs of mince lol

Dermo

Triangla wrote: »

Working in local supermarket when in school, I was asked by a customer how much mince do they need to make 4 quarter pounders.

Head butcher cracked his hole laughing behind me.

He nearly fell over when I sold the customer 2 lbs of mince lol

4 quarter pounders pre-cooked weight or after cooked weight?

fakearms123

Was once asked if The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was based on a true story :eek:

claddy

Was once asked while working in a hotel that has a small steam and waterfall running near it, if i could "Please turn it off".:D

anniehoo

How to measure out 1 litre of water while holding a graduated cylinder marked up to 1000mls. I literally did facepalm right in front of the person (who was doing a masters in a science related subject).

sbsquarepants

anniehoo wrote: »

How to measure out 1 litre of water while holding a graduated cylinder marked up to 1000mls. I literally did facepalm right in front of the person (who was doing a masters in a science related subject).

Ah, my dear annie - what you have demostrated here, quite clearly, is the difference between "doing" and "finishing":)

dilallio

We were down in the local pub on St Stephens day a few years ago and one of the lads was proudly showing off his first mobile phone which he had got as a xmas present the day before.

The phone rings and after answering it Pat exclaims

"How did you know you could find me here"

starling.

'Are you going to Belgium the city or Belgium the country?'

:rolleyes:

Smcgie

Got asked the other day by a co worker

"how long is 4meters"
Palm 2 Face!

ziedth

I used to work in Superquinn and it was soul destroying at times, couple of better ones:

Can I barbecue a whole duck?

What's in mince beef?

Why are we so busy on Christmas eve?

Best one by a mile though I was going out with this girl (she wasn't stupid but not a genius) and we were watching terminator 3 in the cinema and when the nukes go off at the end during the monologue she asks in all seriousness "did that really happen"?

kuno

Working in a shoe shop

customer: what shoe size do I need?
me: what size do you take?
customer: they´re not for me, they´re for my friend.

I look around shop and find we are the only 2 people in here.

me: what size does your friend take?
customer: I don´t know, I want to buy her a present. can you not work it out for me?

JerryHandbag

A blonde once asked me "Are those people over there Chinese, or are they Asian?"

MitchKoobski

While watching Inglorious Basterds
GF: "Is this how WW2 ended?"

While getting dressed after the gf spent the night
GF: "What the number for the taxi firm down the road?"
Me: "Which ones?"
GF: "The 858585 fellas?"
Me: "Rapid Cabs?"
GF: "Yeah whats the number?"

"Barack Obama, he's the president of Africa isn't he?"

In work way too early on a sunday morning
Old woman: "What dya call them things like hammers but its like a big nail but you use it to screw things in?
Me: ".....you mean a screwdriver...."
Old woman: "No its like a hammer nail thingy?"

marcbrophy

kuno wrote: »

Working in a shoe shop

customer: what shoe size do I need?
me: what size do you take?
customer: they´re not for me, they´re for my friend.

I look around shop and find we are the only 2 people in here.

me: what size does your friend take?
customer: I don´t know, I want to buy her a present. can you not work it out for me?

That's seriously stupid!!

panevthe3rd

we were trying to decide what to go see in the cinema and were discussing what the movies were about when one of the girls seriously asked "whats the texas chainsaw massacre about?"

Dravokivich

Dermo wrote: »

4 quarter pounders pre-cooked weight or after cooked weight?

We have a contender here folks...

...whenever you are weighing up ingredients to cook, you can only do it "pre-cooked."

:pac:

Kimono-Girl

stupidusername wrote: »

try a fourth year software developer asking what a function looks like... and then when i showed one to him, he asked why there were things in brackets after it ...(parameters) :rolleyes:

try a second year student of computer science who couldn't get his wireless working (he then had to ask my partner) it turned out all my partner had to do was turn it on.


:rolleyes:

galah

"can you predict the amount of bereavement leave your team will require in 2011 and 2012..."

ehm, if I could, I'd be on the psychic channel and on a lot more money (not necessarily as a result of being on the psychic channel), my friend.

LenaClaire

I wanted to try on a pair of shoes and asked if they had a size 3. The lady goes in the back for a while, then comes out and says - We don't have and left in 3. Will a size 7 do?


Also, used to do IT/Telecom support for my office. The office idiot comes over and says her phone is broken and she has no idea why. I go to check it out and it is super sticky, I ask her why it is sticky...

Her "I spilled my orange juice over the phone"
Me
Her "Oh, do you think that might hurt it??"

Elevelyn

Worked in a shop years ago and a fella came over to me asking could you use suntan lotion instead of soap and not wash it off :eek:

Shenshen

Working in a library, I was surprised how many time I was asked "Do you have books?"... :rolleyes:

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Dravokivich wrote: »

she coulda been colourblind...

The-Rigger wrote: »

Colour blind?

Nah, I'm colourblind and most certainly wouldn't have a problem with differentiating red and green peppers.

The spelling of differentiating may be a problem though

s3129

I know these aren't really questions as such, but they involve people asking something

In primary school, principal couldnt get the computer working. This is a true story, he asked me to try and figure it out as I always had a knack with computers. So I went down, looked at the wall, and flicked on the switch... :rolleyes:

Another one.. my sister isn't the sharpest tool in the box, in an extremely funny way. Somebody else was confused about silent L's, trying to spell calm. They said to her, 'isn't calm spelt c-a-m' .. My sister says 'no theres a silent L in it, it's c-a-m-l.... :cool:

O heres another funny question from her... We were driving around the back roads one night, down around the burren theres a place where people live in caravans and the likes, hippie type people (no offence intended anybody, just trying to explain).. it was nighttime and my sister was wondering about their electricity. One of the lads told her that some of them have generators. So she asked 'but where do they plug the generators in????'

She's quality

Penisland

MCMLXXV wrote: »

A blonde girl I once worked with asked me were limes really lemons that were not yet ripe!:eek::eek::eek:

Think thats bad?

I know someone who thought the sun and the moon were the same thing :eek:

Sam Vimes

While working in Dunnes I was packing the dog food and had two cans of dog food in my hand when someone asked where the dog food was.

Naturally I used one of the cans as a pointing device to direct her to the next lane