Seriously. Why are people so stupid? How do they get that way? I just...so much stupid has happened at work today I can't even. My brain hurts from trying to process it all.

Stupid Thing : People trying to go out the wrong door. There are two sets of doors on either side of a vestibule - the inside side and the outside side, which works well to keep the weather out. Thing is, it's apparently too complicated for some people. When you push on the right-side door going out, it's very, very difficult to push. And yet they keep trying. And when it closes, it closes obviously wrong. You'd think one of these two things would make people stop and think 'Gee, maybe I should use the other door since this one is so difficult to use and looks wrong when it shuts.' But no, they keep on doing it. It's getting to the point where I'm going to have to make 'Please use other door' signs even though they'll look ugly, even though I know they'll be ignored. Because stupid people. Ugh.

Stupid Thing : Phone scammers. The one that just called, I swear to god. Dumb as a box of fucking rocks, which I assume is why he doesn't have a 'normal' job. He's all 'I'm calling about your Windows computer' and I'm all 'Oh? Which one? This is a business.' and you'd think he'd hang up at that point because 'business', but no, he keeps going. I kept fucking with him. And finally I'd just had enough and I was all 'I'm sorry I can't do this anymore, I have actual work to do and I know this is a scam. It's been fun.' and I hung up. Because I'm a bitch like that. But seriously, if you're that stupid, it's almost my intelligent-person duty to fuck with you.

So, share your stories of stupid people. Just don't name names okay? Because that'd just make you an ass. Now GO GO GO! Lemme heeear the stupidity!

This reminds me of a phone call scam my mom told me about. She said someone called her and said there's a problem with (I forget) on one of the computers. And she said "Which one? We have many" and he hung up. She called them back and said if they call again, she'll call the RCMP and they hung up.

I've actually been scammed this summer :/ A guy was selling some bamboo sheet sets for $30. I bought two sets and washed them. I saw a post that someone made this month that said "Beware of the guy selling bamboo sheets. They're 100% microfiber". So, I looked at the tag on my sheets. Yup... 100% microfiber. I guess people must feel good about themselves when they scam poor innocent people.

That's horrible. There was a guy like that at a somewhat-local flea market, selling 'bamboo' sheets. I didn't look at them, but I wonder if they were microfiber. They must have been. I think they were also $30, which is super cheap for bamboo sheets, so I'll bet they were. Idiots.

I could seriously just be an unending source of stories about stupid people. I feel like I very rarely get to deal with someone who isn't an idiot, especially at work. I work in IT, and I've been doing this for a pretty long time I guess, and a lot of our callers don't know anything about computers or their cell phone, or their internet or anything, and it confuses me because I work for a company supporting a business and we're an internal IT desk, so we're always talking to employees, and you would think that they would at least be trained in something. But here are a few of my stories.

-Multiple users call in every day, and when I tell them to reboot their computer, they just turn their monitor off and back on and not their computer.

-I ask users the question "are you calling about an existing ticket or a new issue" and they say yes.

-someone walks into the elevator in my office, even though it is stopped on the first floor, with the doors open and an out of order sign on it. he gets into the elevator, hits a button and stands there looking impatient for at least 30 seconds.

-someone is trying to get into their email, and they call in because a password box has popped up. I ask them if they have tried to put in their password. they say "no, why would I do that?"

-someone calls in saying that they can't get into their email. I ask if they are using the app or if they are on the website. they say yes. I clarify that it is an either/or question. they say they are on the website. I remote into their computer, and they are on the app.

-we have a program that we work with regularly that one of our clients uses. they are all supposed to be trained on it. no one knows how to use it. we aren't really trained on it as techs, but we can make it work if specific things go wrong. I ask someone for information on their desktop, and they tell me that all they see is this program screen. I explain to them how to minimize the screen several times, and they say that they don't have the option I'm describing. I remote into their computer, and the minimize icon is exactly where I said it was.

-today I had someone tell me that they couldn't get to a web address that I was reading him, because he couldn't find the : on his keyboard, even when I described it as hitting shift and ; or shift and the key two to the left of enter. I remote into his computer and he doesn't even have a browser open. I have no idea where he was typing, but his biggest problem was obviously not the colon.

Once there was a customer at work, who asked if the Canary was a Budgie. I had to be nice and say "It's a Canary". But most of the stupid people I encounter know nothing about fish. I had a customer who was getting fish on Sunday and asked "Can I put Neons with Goldfish?" I was like ".... do you have a tropical tank, or a cold water tank?" and I explained how tropical stays with tropical and cold water stays with cold water. She ended up buying the fish because she said she had a tropical tank.

It bothers me how little people bother to learn about pets before they buy them. I hope that person didn't accidentally buy the wrong kind of fish.

Whenever I go to the Walmart where I live, I always see people trying to steal Plasma Screen TV's and other big items which they think they can get away with and next thing you know, alarms would go off which they are stopped by police. They usually make up things like that they won it in a contest or something to get out of it but fail. You would think they would know better but its like they ate a box of stupid for breakfast. Plus kids are always running around and tearing open things with no supervision. Its like a zoo in there. :p

Also when I work at the school, I always get people who ask where the restroom is and when I tell them its in this particular direction, they go the opposite way. To toy with them a bit, I point them in the direction of a classroom and they don't even pay attention which they go there. They usually get into trouble or feel embarrassed. I'm like really? Do you not know how to read signs? Have you any common sense to what a bathroom is? My god what a bunch numskulls. Its like they have no common sense.

My town enforces crosswalks severely.

Like you can be driving and if you fail to stop at a crosswalk with someone in them, you can theoretically be ticketed for failing to stop. HOWEVER, there's no jaywalking law enforced so people do it as frequently as possible and think they're entitled to give drivers grief for not stopping for them. In the middle of the road.

I personally was informed, via a shout, that I "AM SUPPOSED TO STOP FOR CROSSWALKS" once after a guy jaywalked in front of me, causing me to slam on the brakes of the ('96 Chevy Corsica) car I was driving that day that cannot stop on a dime.

Never been so angry driving before or since.

Get in the crosswalk, I'll stop then.

I work at a sushi restaurant, and one of the dumbest things someone has asked me was "Does sushi have fish?" Keep in mind the restaurant has pictures of sushi hanging on the walls.

I also have customers that walk into the restaurant when it's closed. The off sign would be off, and the lights inside would not be on so it'd be really dark, but some people would walk in and start ordering. Like tf, read the signs they aren't there for decoration.

Just a couple days ago I had someone buy a bottled lychee soda. She asked me " What flavor is this? Is it raspberry?" Then I told her it's lychee flavored like what the bottle says

Idk I hate when people dont read signs ugh.

My daughter works in a yarn place, they do everything to do with fibres/yarn, some of her customers are crazy, she gets people asking how much yarn to make a jumper? Someone rang and ordered 500grams of yarn, then hung up, 4 days later she rang back furious because it hadnt arrived: 1 she left no address, 2 no payment details 3 what colour!!! 4 no phone number. just 2 weeks ago a foreigner came for a class in spinning, she hadnt booked, the teacher wasnt there, she had no where to stay as she had come miles,my daughter had to take her to the local pub and beg for a bed for the night. How much yarn for a class of 30 kids to practice felting... on and on Hey Skyrim?

Lol, yes. xD

I deal with stupid people whenever I decide to go out in town. I dislike them greatly.

Being repeatedly asked, "Why isn't this shirt $10? Is this shirt $10?" And "If I buy this (hoodie/jacket/cardigan), is it 40% off?" "Can you explain the deal on jackets to me?"

People seemed to believe that we are going to sit there and mark every shirt $25 and under with a $10 sticker. On Black Friday. Lolno. I don't get paid like that anymore; my managers might, me, not so much. Despite signs, no one seems to also understand that "BOGO 40% OFF Jackets" means you have to first buy one jacket to get the second at 40% off. Ffs people, you make my head hurt. Yes I know, they're expensive, I just heard you complain that everything in here is "always expensive." Why did you come in here if you knew stuff is expensive? To waste my time? Ok, cool. You don't know what "BOGO" means but you probably shop at places that offer BOGO sales more than we do.

I spend 50% of my job driving around my city, so that alone is enough stupidity some days to make me want to cry, haha! The other 50% is spent with dogs, at dog parks and, sometimes around dumb people. Thankfully, most days are just my dogs being stupid and not people, so that I can deal with by slapping a leash on everyone (it's generally frowned upon to do that to strangers...)

The worst was when I was at an off-leash park, which is next to a huge park where dogs have to be leashed. There was a woman walking who loudly proclaimed that she was 'terrified of dogs,' (and of course she is the one my one dog was all like, 'heeeeey, new best friend!'). She was just generally being a bitch about the whole thing so I was like, 'well, this probably isn't the best place for you to be then,' and she responded with the 'it's a free country' garbage. It's like, why you would choose the off-leash section of the park to walk and not the other -- prettier area? But okay, whatever.

So, here's an example of customer stupidity for you guys. I literally just had this conversation.

Me: "How can I help you?" Customer: "My login has been deleted." Me: "Do you mean in [program]?" Customer: "Yes." Me: "So it says "previously deleted"?" Customer: "Yes." Me: "Oh, ok. All you need to do is reset your password." Customer: "No, it says it's deleted." Me: "That's an error that you get when your credentials are no longer valid because you need to reset your password." Customer: "It's deleted." Me: "....."

We've gotten a call from someone pretending to be from our insurance.

It frustrates the hell out of me when people become fixated on a word and ignore the context. For example my girlfriend is sick today and her parents are trying to figure out what she's eaten recently that could've made her stomach upset (though it's likely because she's had the flu...) She had a chicken quesadilla yesterday that she made at home with ingredients she uses all the time that don't upset her stomach. They've latched onto the word "quesadilla" and keep saying, "Last time she had a quesadilla from Taco Bell she was really sick." My girlfriend and I keep saying, "She used ingredients she uses all the time and she's definitely fine with." They'll say, "Oh okay," then add, "But the last time she had a quesadilla..." Augh!

I hear the same kind of thing all the time from people, especially customers at the store I work at. Do normally intelligent people just lose all sense when they walk into a store or does my store just get really stupid customers? They often latch onto a particular word and it doesn't matter in which context you use it because they'll only react to that word.

"Do you have x item?" "Sorry we have no x in stock." "Oh... but do you carry x?" "Yes we carry x." "Okay, so do you have it in stock?" "... no, we don't have any in stock." "You have it in stock?!" "NO, we're sold out." "Oh... do you know when you'll be getting more in?" "No, I'm sorry." "Oh... when do you get your shipments?" "We get a truck every day but-" "YOU GET A TRUCK OF X EVERY DAY?!" "... no, we get a truck of items every day but I don't have any way of knowing what's going to be on it." "Oh... but if I come tomorrow you'll have x?" "... I don't know."

I work at a fast food restaurant. I'm not a cashier (thank Luck) but I am able to hear people as they order (their sometimes ridiculous amount of food). I can't tell you how many of them sound uncertain of or confused about the pronunciation of our simply-named items, or how many of them ask about the details of specials that they could easily read on signs around them. Is it honestly that difficult to read a sign and find your own answers? Really? I get it, we -know- the answers and it's so much easier to ask the voice on the other side of the box than it is to look yourself and is not like they can tell you no, but you know the relief you feel when you interact with someone competent? We humans on the other side of that box appreciate it too. Just use the signs. They're there for all our sakes.

one time i was standing outside of the bank in town and they had just installed a new door, you know, these fancy glass sliding doors, it was very funny watching people get stumped trying to figure out how to open it. they would push it, slam into it, look at it trying to figure out where the opening is, some people would leave it half-open and then the next person would try to squeeze through, the worst part is when people who had just gone into the bank through the same door tried to get back out and once again got stuck at the door. only a couple people seemed to realize it was a door that you had to slide to the side

Dude I have too many experiences with stupid people.. the most memorable would have to be a girl in high school raising her hand and asking "who's jesus?" I wouldn't have thought it was so dumb if I didn't know the girl and she came from a strict Catholic family and obviously knew who jesus was. For some reason she thought she would get attention for acting dumb. It was baffling lol