Are the stupid people of this world driving the rest of us to insanity? I've been told many, many times that I should write a book about all the incredibly dumb people I have ran into. Whether I'm at work, at the grocery store, at a restaurant, I always seem to come across people who are alarmingly lacking in the intelligence department. And what's worse? They are having children!
The posts below relate some of these occurrences. Eventually, this will become its own website where people can vote on the moron level of those written therein, and possibly submit their own experiences.
As scary of an idea as it is that we have people this dense out there, all these experiences are 100% true, accurate, and not exaggerated. So scroll down and read on!

Some of the funniest stupid people are criminals. Or, I suppose, sometimes just would be criminals. The next few entries will be of this variety.
All retail chains seem to have this same problem. Someone steals merchandise from one location and then tries to return it at another. Of course, sometimes they just pull it off your shelf with you watching, take it to the counter, and ask you to give them a refund for it. Wondering if it was boldness or stupidity that prompted them, I would always ask which. None of them ever gave me an actual answer though. Oh well.
A known thief comes into the store wanting to return an HDMI cable. A $129.99 HDMI cable with no receipt that supposively came from my store. I knew it was stolen. We hadn’t sold any of those in a long while. We even just got an email from another location a couple miles from us saying a person matching his description just stole it from them. Before I could say anything though, he automatically starts into his rehearsed “reason” for returning it. First, he says it didn’t work. I ask what he was using it on. (HDMI cables are used to feed high definition signals from one device to another. I.e. DVD to TV.) “I don’t really know what this is for. Actually, I bought it as a gift for my mom but she just didn’t want it. Said she already has plenty of those.”
Please, please, please, if you’re gonna steal something then try returning it, at least know what manner of thing it is. You don’t buy anything that costs $129. and not know what it is or does. Retard.
I told him for returns on things like that we have to attach a copy of the customers id, and asked for his driver license. Thinking I’m about to give him the money, he offers not only his license, but his social security card as well! I made copies of both. (The police really got a kick out of that.) Then, in the most absolute, matter of fact, long winded, bluntness, complete with demeaning tone, explained that I was not able to return him any money nor the $129.99 piece of stolen merchandise. That didn’t go over so well. Turns out he had a long history of aggravated assault charges. Police, arriving narrowly in time, ended up hauling him away on a regional warrant for assault with deadly weapon.

I just logged on and guess what? Sometime during last night Blogger decided to up and remove all my posts! This is upsetting. They're back now though. Hopefully they stay there. Sorry to those of you that saw only a blank page. You know, I bet there are many program developers at Google that would fit nicely with the theme of this blog.

Sorry for the long gap between posts. Been having issue after issue with Blogger's interface. Missing buttons, invalid code, disappearing widgets, etc. Can't seem to do much with the layout either. I am working on things though.

We live in a world full of wondrous technological advances. Nannite technology in the medical field makes possible the repair of tissues on a cellular level. Self-learning artificial intelligence programs are emerging. We travel beyond the bonds of our planet and colonize space stations. The device you’re using right now to read this was unthinkable just 15 maybe 20 years ago. Yet, the piece of technology that I have found to be the most confusing to the masses is by far the cordless telephone. The telephone was invented in 1876, and has since become the single most widely used piece of tech here on planet Earth. Cordless phones have been around since 1965. But despite their 43 years in existence, some people have yet to grasp the concept. For instance:
A customer comes into the store asking for “a cordless phone.” After showing her a couple models, she picks one out and leaves happy. The next day, she comes back, walking in already carrying a bag and with a disgusted scowl on her face. An obvious product return. She plops the bag on the counter, pulls out the cordless phone half stuffed back into its box, and demands that I refund her money. I had no problem doing this no matter the reason for the return. But to offer better customer service, I asked what she did not like about the phone. She tells me, “Someone has opened this before I bought it, because the cord is missing.” Thinking she was referring to the power cord, I proceeded with the return. As I went, she explained to me that there was not even a hole on the handset to plug a cord into. Curious about what she meant, I asked her to show me. She picked up the handset, pulled a spiraled phone cord out of her purse, and handed them both to me snapping, “Here. You show me.”
An hour later I’m still explaining that cordless phones are just that. Cordless!
Point of interest, this happened again a few weeks later with another customer.

You know that blond joke where the blond is asked to dial 911 and she says, “What’s the number?” Believe it or not, that blond is not alone in her ignorance. Stupid people pose a danger to us all. In the following experience, one person’s stupidity cost an innocent their life.
A few years ago, I was working at a retail electronics chain. (Later on I will be writing about stupidities in their upper management. So corporate people – stay tuned.) One day a customer comes in. Now, this was one of the most ignorant, hillbilly/hick/redneck persons that you could ever meet. And believe me, I have met some bad ones. Anyway, he comes in yelling, cursing, shaking his fist in the air, etc. After letting him vent for awhile, I finally managed to calm him down enough to tell me what in the world happened. He was infuriated because of a car wreck the night before that happened in front of his house. He rushed outside to help, but the driver was injured badly. He took out the cell phone that I sold to him two days prior and called 911. Unfortunately, he could not get through. He tried and tried, only to be met every time with a message telling him to check the number and try the call again. The driver of the car died at the scene.
He was upset because the phone did not work to call 911, and a person died because of it. I felt terrible about what happened, but just couldn't imagine the phone being defective in that way. So I asked him to show me on the phone what he did when calling for help. His reply, “I went just like this. I opened it and I dialed 817-911 and it wouldn't work!”
At this point, all my employees and customers that had gathered around slowly turned and walked away leaving me by myself to explain to this person, who was now in tears, why 911 did not pick up.