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Posted July 10, 2014
And yet another one:
"Why can't I watch porn on your computers?"
Posted July 10, 2014
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tinyE: I get way worse ones all the time on top of all the A-typical tourist problems other posters have mentioned.
"Have you ever seen bears out on the lake ?"

"Do you cage the whales at night ?"
Posted July 10, 2014
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tinyE: I get way worse ones all the time on top of all the A-typical tourist problems other posters have mentioned.
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Telika: "Have you ever seen bears out on the lake ?"

"Do you cage the whales at night ?"
No but how about, "What Lake is that?" Mind you, this is where I live, and as we are standing there people actually point out and ask this.
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Posted July 10, 2014
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tinyE: Questions I've been asked by tourist:

Do you cage the bears at night?

Have you ever seen whales out on the lake?

What time do the Northern Lights come on?
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Getcomposted: In the silly question asked by customers category.
I work in a library.
*sigh* Some people need to stop breeding in the family lines.
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VABlitz: In NYC if there is no sign you can't turn right on red. They have it backwards from the rest of the country.
In NJ. You can turn on red unless there is a sign saying not to but it is not a law, it is a choice. Which more people need to make. =)
Post edited July 10, 2014 by Sage103082
Posted July 10, 2014
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tinyE: No but how about, "What Lake is that?" Mind you, this is where I live, and as we are standing there people actually point out and ask this.
I wonder if they're messing with you.

I went to glorious Soviet Union as a kid, as part of a physics student exchange. When compared to my New York State physics education, Russian education was (like your lake) clearly superior. We had some days off where we traveled a bit, and I would often point to a statue (always, always Lenin) and ask who it was. I kept asking one student until he* figured out I was an ass, then I'd move onto the next student. I don't have any excuse for my behavior.

*Not to suggest there were no female Russian students. There was one, but she was so far above me I wouldn't have dared mess with her.

Also, I hate barley forever.
Posted July 10, 2014
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tinyE: No but how about, "What Lake is that?" Mind you, this is where I live, and as we are standing there people actually point out and ask this.
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grimwerk: I wonder if they're messing with you.

I went to glorious Soviet Union as a kid, as part of a physics student exchange. When compared to my New York State physics education, Russian education was (like your lake) clearly superior. We had some days off where we traveled a bit, and I would often point to a statue (always, always Lenin) and ask who it was. I kept asking one student until he* figured out I was an ass, then I'd move onto the next student. I don't have any excuse for my behavior.

*Not to suggest there were no female Russian students. There was one, but she was so far above me I wouldn't have dared mess with her.

Also, I hate barley forever.
Well, I've been asked that five times, and all of them got a little pissed when I laughed.
Posted July 10, 2014
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VABlitz: My rant seems petty after reading the last few, but here goes:

Why can't people learn to walk on the correct side of the hallway, and if you are going to walk down a crowded hallway you should be looking where you are going and not staring at your smartphone texting your friends. Walking in a busy airport and I almost ran into a girl obliviously staring at her phone while weaving her way down the wrong side of the hallway. I came very close to grabbing her phone and throwing it down the hallway, but of course I would have gotten tackled by some TSA goons and I'd rather get home without being molested. Perhaps we need to make every US citizen go through basic training so they know what side of the hallway to walk on.
You are definitely ex military. No doubt about that. :) Maybe you should of "accidentally" walked into her with enough force to make it so she dropped her phone? Then say "Sorry" a few times with a sincere look and walk away.
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Posted July 10, 2014
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tinyE: Well, I've been asked that five times, and all of them got a little pissed when I laughed.
Maybe it's your Lake Superior attitude.
Posted July 10, 2014
With all the problems with Mom and losing my little buddy I can not even get a bath in peace..

=) Although if I am going to have a peeper this is the one I would choose.
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Posted July 10, 2014
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VABlitz: My rant seems petty after reading the last few, but here goes:

Why can't people learn to walk on the correct side of the hallway, and if you are going to walk down a crowded hallway you should be looking where you are going and not staring at your smartphone texting your friends. Walking in a busy airport and I almost ran into a girl obliviously staring at her phone while weaving her way down the wrong side of the hallway. I came very close to grabbing her phone and throwing it down the hallway, but of course I would have gotten tackled by some TSA goons and I'd rather get home without being molested. Perhaps we need to make every US citizen go through basic training so they know what side of the hallway to walk on.
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monkeydelarge: You are definitely ex military. No doubt about that. :) Maybe you should of "accidentally" walked into her with enough force to make it so she dropped her phone? Then say "Sorry" a few times with a sincere look and walk away.
Sure because assault is totally a reasonable solution to a minor annoyance...
Posted July 10, 2014
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monkeydelarge: You are definitely ex military. No doubt about that. :) Maybe you should of "accidentally" walked into her with enough force to make it so she dropped her phone? Then say "Sorry" a few times with a sincere look and walk away.
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Ragnarblackmane: Sure because assault is totally a reasonable solution to a minor annoyance...
Bumping into someone is assault now? LOL!!! Thanks for making my day, man. You are hilarious.
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VABlitz: I have one: Are you allowed to read for pleasure when you are working? If so, I need to become a librarian.
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Getcomposted: Some library authorities allow you to do so if you're on duty at a desk and have finished shelving etc. Unfortunately, the ones I work for don't. :(
But I am allowed to take out a *massive* amount of books, and I get the new releases pretty quickly. :)

Oh, and FYI, you're not actually allowed to call yourself a librarian unless you have a degree in Library and Information Studies. Otherwise, you're simply a Library Assistant. (I'm a library assistant. :))

Another one:
"Why isn't Facebook/ Yahoo/ Hotmail etc. working? Their site is down? So, do something about it!" (Yes, I have the phone numbers for Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg in my pocket - I'll get right on that for you.)
As I mentioned in a different thread I too am a library worker (and just like in the UK, here the only people allowed to call themselves librarians are ones with a Library Science degree) and I must say I feel fortunate because I haven't dealt with quite the same amount of silly, ridiculously preposterous questions as my UK counterpart!

About a year ago though I was asked by an awkward man old enough to be my grandpa where the "old copies of Playboy were". After I explained that we did not carry those he apologized, tipped his hat to me (that's right, a goddamned genuine fedora) and departed. Easily the most charming old perv I've ever met.
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Ragnarblackmane: Sure because assault is totally a reasonable solution to a minor annoyance...
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monkeydelarge: Bumping into someone is assault now? LOL!!! Thanks for making my day, man. You are hilarious.
"Hard enough to knock the phone from her hand" implies a level of violence necessary to carry out the act. Sorry bub but if I saw this as a witness I'd be approaching the scene to ensure the person bumped into was alright, especially if it was a woman and a man. Call me a white knight if you like, I don't care.
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Getcomposted: Some library authorities allow you to do so if you're on duty at a desk and have finished shelving etc. Unfortunately, the ones I work for don't. :(
But I am allowed to take out a *massive* amount of books, and I get the new releases pretty quickly. :)

Oh, and FYI, you're not actually allowed to call yourself a librarian unless you have a degree in Library and Information Studies. Otherwise, you're simply a Library Assistant. (I'm a library assistant. :))

Another one:
"Why isn't Facebook/ Yahoo/ Hotmail etc. working? Their site is down? So, do something about it!" (Yes, I have the phone numbers for Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg in my pocket - I'll get right on that for you.)
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Ragnarblackmane: As I mentioned in a different thread I too am a library worker (and just like in the UK, here the only people allowed to call themselves librarians are ones with a Library Science degree) and I must say I feel fortunate because I haven't dealt with quite the same amount of silly, ridiculously preposterous questions as my UK counterpart!

About a year ago though I was asked by an awkward man old enough to be my grandpa where the "old copies of Playboy were". After I explained that we did not carry those he apologized, tipped his hat to me (that's right, a goddamned genuine fedora) and departed. Easily the most charming old perv I've ever met.
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monkeydelarge: Bumping into someone is assault now? LOL!!! Thanks for making my day, man. You are hilarious.
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Ragnarblackmane: "Hard enough to knock the phone from her hand" implies a level of violence necessary to carry out the act. Sorry bub but if I saw this as a witness I'd be approaching the scene to ensure the person bumped into was alright, especially if it was a woman and a man. Call me a white knight if you like, I don't care.
Hard enough to knock a phone out of someone's hand is not hard at all. Not hard enough to injure someone... Most people who walk around, texting don't expect people to bump into them so it's not like they are holding the phone tightly. And most phones I know, don't come with rubber grips. And in the USA, such an action would not be considered an assault unless it can be proved the person who bumped into the person with the phone did so with the intent to injure the person with the phone... So you'd be a witness to nothing. So put the Batman suit back into the closet and relax...
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Posted July 10, 2014
Some days ago I did some medical exams and I got the result today.
I have 60 to 80% chances of becoming diabetic. I have to say that I'm scared. My grandfather and some uncles and aunts died due to complications and I know how it is because I say them in their final hours and I don't want that. I don't want to suffer. I'm so scared right now.
Posted July 10, 2014
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Getcomposted: And yet another one:
"Why can't I watch porn on your computers?"
lol you lie. really?? how do you even respond to that?
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