What are the most stupid questions you've ever been asked?

Dr Lobster* · Mon 09 May, 2005 11.42

Being somebody who works with computers, it would seem as though we get asked on avarage more silly questions than the normal, here are some of the classics:

Me: ok, your password is three-zero-five-seven-nine-two
User: Is that a capital zero?

User: I saved a file to my desktop last week, and now it's gone!!
Me: Ok, are you sitting at the same computer you saved it at?
User: No, I saved it on the computer at my prevous employer...

Staff member: I've got a user who can't login to Windows - he can't press CTRL-ALT-DEL at the same time - he's only got one hand.
Me: Erm...

User: Can I search for child porn - i'm doing a socology project?
Me: Try it

it goes on and on, i'll post more later if I can remember, but for now, over to you!

rts · Mon 09 May, 2005 11.55

Mate: "I go to McDonalds because it's cheaper than Burger King. And Burger King's more expensive than McDonalds."

Me: "You paid £10 for an air guitar off eBay?!!?"
Same mate: "How much do they go for normally?"

Jamez · Mon 09 May, 2005 12.11

Customer in bar: "Can I have 2 corks, please?"
Me: "Sure..." [gets 2 corks from the back]
Customer: "You tryin' to be funny, butt?" "I said 2 corks! - Corka Colaah"

Bloody welsh accents! :roll:

Pete · Mon 09 May, 2005 12.48

Dr Lobster* wrote:Staff member: I've got a user who can't login to Windows - he can't press CTRL-ALT-DEL at the same time - he's only got one hand.
Me: Erm...

did he not have a nose?

Someone came up to my collegue who works at the front tills at Smiths and goes "shoom shoom shoom" (throwing his arms around) "are they in yet?"

We eventually discovered he wanted a Star Wars badge.

Johnny · Mon 09 May, 2005 12.48

At our alarm company...

Me: Hello Service Department
Customer: Is That the Service Department?

or

Me: Hello Service Department
Customer: Is that the Install depearment?

Good to see people listen :roll:

Another one although this wasn't really a question asked was just stupidity of one of my colleagues

She was travelling with her husband on the Circle Line:
Colleague: Hey they train goes round in a circle
Husband: Yes that's why it's called the Circle Line

Worrying

babyben · Mon 09 May, 2005 13.32

Was talking about the Passion of the Christ movie, and my friend is really really pleased to her that the print (book) version of the film has been out for ages... :roll:

Crocks · Mon 09 May, 2005 14.13

In Boots with a lady friend who commented on the annoucer saying "Till number seven please; till number three please".

Hazel - "I wonder if that woman gets bored doing that all day?"

She was deadly serious too.

Jamez · Mon 09 May, 2005 14.17

The announcer in Argos is most annoying. I'm sure it's the voice of Julie Peasgood, but I'm not sure.

Either way, her voice gets on my nerves after 5 minutes.

Spencer For Hire · Mon 09 May, 2005 15.59

Jamez wrote:The announcer in Argos is most annoying. I'm sure it's the voice of Julie Peasgood, but I'm not sure.

Either way, her voice gets on my nerves after 5 minutes.

Perhaps it's deliberately annoying to stop the chavs congregating for too long by the Elizabeth Duke counter.

As for most stupid question I've been asked... Whilst at a music festival once, I bumped into an old school-friend I hadn't seen for years. He asked, 'So what are you doing here?'. Derrr.

Bail · Mon 09 May, 2005 16.20

Order number three-hundered-and-twenty-six to your collection point please. Cashier number one please. This is a staff announcement...clean up crew to isle 6 please, clean up crew to isle 6, thank you. The train now approaching platform 2 is the zero-eight hundred hours service to... calling it...

Nick Harvey · Mon 09 May, 2005 16.56

I think there are one or two examples here.