People say the dumbest stuff...........

[staropeace]

Hey, you have gained weight!
How dumb is that to ask? Not only it is rude and in bad form but the person asked is totally aware that he or she put on some pounds.

I think this has gone bad. Here, taste it and see if you think it is.
Errrr....no.

Anyone have any dumb questions that they have heard?

[nate_watkins]

Many of the dumb questions I've heard were asked by me.

[Lily Sawyer]

A sales clerk once asked my best friend when she was expecting, and my friend answered "I'm not pregnant, just fat." (It also didn't help that she'd worn a very loose, blouson top that could have doubled for a maternity blouse.) The woman felt awful - you could tell she did - and she apologized all over herself. She knew she should have kept her mouth shut.

After an ex and I broke up, I had reason to call his best friend (wife had borrowed books and I wanted them back). He expressed his true regret at our split, was very amicable, and in a fit of honesty, he proved that the road to Hell truly is paved with good intentions. He thought he was consoling me by saying "you know, you're better off without him. As much as I love him, he's an as*hole....and I told him he'd better not screw this one [our relationship] up. I told him 'you have the perfect woman', and you know what he told me? He said 'yeah, but she's not that good-looking.'"

That was about as edifying as having a turd dropped in my lap.

[GNTLGNT]

...does my azz make my jeans look fat???....

[Ayko]

When someone calls you on the phone in the middle of the night, you answer "yea" with a dreary voice and the someone says, "sorry, did I wake you?"

[staropeace]

When someone calls you on the phone in the middle of the night, you answer "yea" with a dreary voice and the someone says, "sorry, did I wake you?"

And then you give then a really stupid lie by saying "no I wasn't asleep"

[Tim D.]

I worked in retail for a good number of years. Never did it fail that I would be out on the salesfloor, stocking shelves, dressed in a shirt or smock with the store logo on it, wearing a name tag, and a customer would walk up and say "Do you work here?". I think that's why I still have a nervous twitch in my eye.

[staropeace]

I worked in retail for a good number of years. Never did it fail that I would be out on the salesfloor, stocking shelves, dressed in a shirt or smock with the store logo on it, wearing a name tag, and a customer would walk up and say "Do you work here?". I think that's why I still have a nervous twitch in my eye.

What wuss they thinking...that maybe you just liked to dress up as a store clerk....you liked the color co-ordinated look?

[91rewoT]

I work at a high school and believe me, I hear dumb stuff all day long. Here's the one that is currently on my "Will you stop saying that?!" list:

Student raises hand.
Teacher calls on student.
Student says "I have a question..." before proceeding with said question. Every. Single. Time.

[Lina]

I am always asked the same dumb question. When they call my home phone number, they always ask me "Are you home now?" And what should I answer - "no, I am not, I just happened to take my phone with me"??