Stories of unsurpassed brillianceThis "Week" The suggestion comes from Kroney who muses
"Whilst I was passing through Miami airport at the tender age of 21, I fancied a beer. "ID" said the charming Southerner behind the desk, so I got out my passport and showed it to her.
"You have to be 21," she said. Now this confused me slightly as I had been 21 for several months by this point and my date of birth was staring her in my face.
"I am 21," I replied helpfully "it says so there, look"
"You have to be 21", she said getting angry.
Cut a long story short, I argued, the manager came out, I argued with him before I finally realised that they weren't looking at the date of birth at all. They were looking at the date of *issue*
That would have made me an annoyingly precocious four year old. What examples of unsurpassed mental genius have you experienced?"""""""
(, Mon 21 Nov 2016, 9:24)
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I had a very similar experience when making a doctors appointment. I used to walk right by my doctors on the way to work and I needed a doctors appintment, it just happened that I was walking past the doctors at about 8:25 when I know the doctors lines open at 8:30 to book appoiments and I know they open the doors at that time.
So I wait until 8:30, the door unlocks, I go in to book an appintment and I get told that I can't because I have to call. So I take my phone out and say seriously? She then goes on to tell me that that's just the process.
So I stand about 2 feet away from her looking her directly in the eye while I make my doctors appintment with her...over the phone.
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spanishfly is so fucking sexy people impersonate him, Fri 25 Nov 2016, 22:16,
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I've had exactly the same experience at my Doctor's Surgery(, Mon 28 Nov 2016, 12:30, closed)
Same here.Although I did walkout and called from outside. I think it must be about call logging (they record calls also) and keeping the phone engaged. Still dumb.
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transparenttown Dead to worse..., Wed 30 Nov 2016, 11:17,
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Mine tooThe great thing about calling them up at 8am on the dot is where I live. I have to go outside to get a usually shit signal (+hypothermia), so I get past the queue about 1 in 3 times.
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