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Sighting #1: I was at the airport, checking in at the gate, when the
airport employee asked, "Has anyone put anything in your baggage without
your knowledge?" I said, "If it was without my knowledge, how would I
know?" He smiled and nodded knowingly, "That's why we ask." - Sighting #2: The stoplight on the corner buzzes when it is safe to cross
the street. I was crossing with an intellectually challenged co-worker of
mine, when she asked if I knew what the buzzer was for. I explained that
it signals to blind people when the light is red. She responded, appalled,
"What on earth are blind people doing driving?" - Sighting #3: At a good-bye lunch for an old and dear co-worker who is
leaving the company due to "rightsizing," our manager spoke up and said,
"This is fun. We should have lunch like this more often." Not another word
was spoken. We just looked at each other like deer staring into the
headlights of an approaching truck. - Sighting #4: I worked with an Individual who plugged his power strip back
into itself and for the life of him could not understand why his system
would not turn on. - Sighting #5: (a rare "double sighting"): A friend had a brilliant idea for
saving disk space. He thought if he put all his Microsoft Word documents
into a tiny font they'd take up less room. When he told me, I was with
another friend. She thought it was a good idea too. - Sighting #6: (from Tech Support): Tech Support: "How much free space do you
have on your hard drive?" Individual: "Well, my wife likes to get up there
on that Internet, and she downloaded ten hours of free space. Is that
enough?" - Sighting #7: (from Tech Support): Individual: "Now what do I do?" Tech
Support: "What is the prompt on the screen?" Individual: "It's asking for
'Enter Your Last Name.'" Tech Support: "Okay, so type in your last name."
Individual: "How do you spell that?" - Sighting # 8: When my husband and I arrived at an automobile dealership to
pick up our car, we were told that the keys had been accidentally 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's side, I instinctively tried the door handle and discovered it
was open. "Hey," I announced to the technician, "It's open!" "I know,"
answered the young man. "I already got that side."
