They Walk Among Us ...

Sarah received an email forward a few days ago titled "They Walk Among Us" about those with a slower processor than the rest of us. I've got a couple stories of my own to put out there.

#1
We were in the Sam's checkout line waiting on a gentleman to pay for various items in various ways. At one point, he hands the cashier a wad of cash.
He then asks, "How much was that again?".
"$278.14, sir."
"How much did I give you?"
"$300."
"So, How much do I owe you?"

#2
Picture it. Subway. An hour before closing. An early-twenties woman rolls a mop bucket into the dining room. She begins to use the mop-wringer. Unfortunately, it is sitting on the outside of the bucket instead of inside. Water sprinkles onto the floor. She presses a bit harder, in confusion, and the whole bucket tips, making a nice puddle on the floor.

#3
Working as a Customer Service Representative for a wireless phone company was definitely a terrible job. Customers constantly screaming at you, bosses upset because your call times are too high, not being able to fix half of the problems you encounter, boring lulls on incoming calls. During one of those lulls, a bunch of us gathered as close as our headset tethers would allow. That night I met a woman who was so overwhelmed with living/working in such a huge city .... Lubbock. She came from a town of about 300 people. Once she learned that I was majoring in Computer Science, it was all over.
"So, you know about computers, huh?" she asked in her slow southern drawl.
"Yes." I could feel this one coming.
"So ... the internet ... is that just in Texas or do they have it in other places?"

There you go. Feel free to share your stupid-people stories ... or just add them to your blog!