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

Cheese Head · Mon 09 May, 2005 17.33

I hate the escalators in Tesco... "Approaching Landing Level" in that annoying voice...

Pete · Mon 09 May, 2005 18.22

how does that work then? surely everyone on every step can hear it so they'd all just fall over

nwtv2003 · Mon 09 May, 2005 21.23

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.

When I bought my TV Card from Argos I was number 666 (not a joke) so the number was called out.

Anyway as I work at Morrisons, you get some rather odd questions, even though the Uniform clearly states Café you get asked all sorts of crap, such as...

"Where are the fruit fingers?"
"Why are these Baking Potatoes green?"
"Where do you order your food?" (When there's a big sign with 'FOOD ORDERS' telling customers this)
"Where are The Pizzas?"
"Do you know if you have got any of this particular type of Glist?"
"Have you got any Kelloggs (unheard of cereal)?"
"Do you accept Switch?" (Even though there are signs all over the place saying this)
"Which(Coke) cup is small?"

...the list goes on quite frankly.

Gareth · Mon 09 May, 2005 22.12

Classic from my housemate yesterday:

"is it ok to use tin foil in the oven?"

i mean, what are you supposed to use it for!!!!

Group of Senior Citizen ladies on a North Western train with auto announcer (it's really badly done so you can tell it's not live). The story is, we missed a station but the computer didn't seem able to cope with this so incorrect stations were being announced. and then we had:

"that poor woman must be in a room with no windows, can't she see we're not at that station?"

and today in the post office:

"rhif tri os gweloch yn dda, number three please" in a woman's voice, lady at front of queue doesn't move, the message repeats. I politly mention to the lady to go to number three and we get:

"but it's a man at that counter"

Aberystwyth Post Office has had the same announcer every day for many years, surely she hadn't thought it was the same person in every kiosk!

Andrew · Mon 09 May, 2005 23.35

Bail wrote: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...

We seem to be straddling two issues here, stupid questions and annoying automated voices.

For the latter, Vicar Lane in Leeds had a voiceover that said "Caution 2 way traffic" for about 2 years after it stopped being a one way street

Ben · Mon 09 May, 2005 23.50

Someone asked me my name on MSN earlier, pretty stupid as my MSN screen name was "Ben".

Jamez · Tue 10 May, 2005 01.31

The woman who does the staff announcements in my local Tesco's has a fab voice. Sounds very similar to LWT Trish!

However, if you to Asda at Coryton, Cardiff, the annoucements in there are done by a 17 yr old boy, and they are awful. I stand in the frozen aisle cringing...

Dr Lobster* · Tue 10 May, 2005 08.21

nodnirG kraM wrote:Asda however employs the downs greeter in the wheelchair to do the announcements, so it's almost impossible to know just what is on special promotion in aisle 12 ....

i never knew katherine worked at asda

Jamez · Tue 10 May, 2005 10.26

Dr Lobster* wrote:
nodnirG kraM wrote:Asda however employs the downs greeter in the wheelchair to do the announcements, so it's almost impossible to know just what is on special promotion in aisle 12 ....
i never knew katherine worked at asda

The size of it "overwhelms" her.

Dr Lobster* · Tue 10 May, 2005 10.40

Jamez wrote:
Dr Lobster* wrote:
nodnirG kraM wrote:Asda however employs the downs greeter in the wheelchair to do the announcements, so it's almost impossible to know just what is on special promotion in aisle 12 ....
i never knew katherine worked at asda
The size of it "overwhelms" her.

she should perhaps pile down to my local spar, it's like a cupboard

Spencer For Hire · Tue 10 May, 2005 15.09

Andrew wrote:For the latter, Vicar Lane in Leeds had a voiceover that said "Caution 2 way traffic" for about 2 years after it stopped being a one way street

I'd forgotten all about that. It was really irritating - especially as the woman sounded so pissed off. IIRC didn't she move to Park Row for a bit as well?