Most Pointless Questions you have to a regular basis

ivybear93 · January 2013

I hate pointless questions, dozens of pointless questions get asked to me on a daily basis. Ok so maybe i shouldnt work in a job which i have to deal with the public and maybe being the Store Manager doesnt help neither does being antisocial .The most common questions i get asked by almost evryone every day, "is it real" uh no duh you can touch it smell and see it so yeah of course its real or the variation "is it real soap" the shop sells only soap read the sign or you know even the shops title it has it written in it .ohhhh but my favorite (sarcastically) and not so much of a question as an excuse to not buy anything is " idd love to buy this but(insert child name here) would think it was real and eat it" please do buy it and give it to them make sure to youtube it idd love to see it. :twisted: Instead of saying all those i have to smile and be polite (except the last one that is actually what i reply) so im going to ask you now what are the Most Pointless Questions you have to answer on a regular basis?

Alabama · January 2013

I build houses for a living and I understand that new home owners don't know/understand most of the stuff involved, that's why they hired me. I get pointless questions all the time, some that catch me offguard the first time I hear them. Some of my favorites: "Are we getting carpet in the bedrooms?" Well, the contract says you are, you picked the carpet out, so yes, you are getting carpet in the bedroom. Unless you'd like to redo the contract and you can live with subfloor plywood for flooring. "Are we getting grass in front yard?" As opposed to what? rocks? astroturf? Every other yard in the neighborhood has grass, it's part of the covenants that there must be grass, so yes, when it stops raining and we get the yard fixed, you will get grass installed. "Will the fireplace work?" Um, there would be no sense in installing the gas burners, logs and switch if it wasn't going to work. "How come the lights don't work?" There's no lights installed yet? "Can we move in?" When the house is finished and we sign the closing papers, you can move in just as fast as you want. Until we finish, no you cannot move in, there will be subcontractors out here and they don't want to interrupt your morning absolutions (re: taking a shower, taking a dump, running around in your pajamas) and right now, we aren't approved for occupancy.

ivybear93 · January 2013

I swear people dont even think when they ask questions .Seriously stop and take a moment to think about what your asking...yes your question is probably pointless or states the obvious. At least its not a comment about the weather.

ivybear93 · January 2013

ivybear93 wrote:

I swear people dont even think when they ask questions .Seriously stop and take a moment to think about what your asking...yes your question is probably pointless or states the obvious. At least its not a comment about the weather.

Do they just say things because they feel they have to say something or is it just what they are thinking comes right out of their mouths?

MrClean · January 2013

I'm lucky that I don't have to deal with the general public every day at work... However, I have not managed to escape the idiocy. I have a Min Pin, named Lindsey. She is sweet as pie to anyone she knows and the most loving baby, but she does not like other dogs and will occasionally bark at strangers. EVERY DAY when I walk her I'll encounter someone walking their dog, and while she's barking snarling and lunging, they'll ask, "Is she friendly?" ..... Does she look friendly? I always want to say "Yeah! Just reach on down and pet her!"

ivybear93 · January 2013

bryson wrote:

I'm lucky that I don't have to deal with the general public every day at work... However, I have not managed to escape the idiocy. I have a Min Pin, named Lindsey. She is sweet as pie to anyone she knows and the most loving baby, but she does not like other dogs and will occasionally bark at strangers. EVERY DAY when I walk her I'll encounter someone walking their dog, and while she's barking snarling and lunging, they'll ask, "Is she friendly?" ..... Does she look friendly? I always want to say "Yeah! Just reach on down and pet her!"

yet somehow we resist the urge to say what we really want ,now that is amazing. My dogs are the same i have 3 bichon/maltese and they hang out with me at work the two males are fine with people but the female dislikes children(just like her owner...me) so when she sees them she snaps and growls and people say "oh shes so cute" really? An angry overprotective child intolerant female dog that is cleary trying to attack your kid is cute? And then they let their kid go near ,what the heck are they thinking?!?!

Rock_N_Roll_Queen90 · January 2013

bryson wrote:

I'm lucky that I don't have to deal with the general public every day at work... However, I have not managed to escape the idiocy. I have a Min Pin, named Lindsey. She is sweet as pie to anyone she knows and the most loving baby, but she does not like other dogs and will occasionally bark at strangers. EVERY DAY when I walk her I'll encounter someone walking their dog, and while she's barking snarling and lunging, they'll ask, "Is she friendly?" ..... Does she look friendly? I always want to say "Yeah! Just reach on down and pet her!"

I got the "is he friendly?" question from a cop when he pulled me over a few months back. Boss is very protective in the car, so he was barking while the cop nagged at me (about something I honestly did -not- do >.> ) and the cop reaches in to pet Boss (what an idiot) and as I'm trying to hold Boss back, the cop is all "Oh, is he friendly?" *facepalm* Another stupid situation... I brought Boss into a store and the cashier said "Oh I LOVE bully breeds! I have a pure American Bulldog at home. Is your dog a pure American Bulldog? They look identical!". Now look at the dog in my sig banner. Does he look Am. Bulldog to you? >.> I personally have never seen one with Lab-length hair (Should've been the first clue for her). Maybe they're genetically modifying them now...

Dark Flame · January 2013

Not quite a pointless question more of some situations I have been in or my fiance has been in... My fiance is a computer technician and he once got a phone call saying that the co outer wasn't working, he asked them if it was plugged into the socket... It wasn't... *face palm* how do they expect it to work? At university I was sat next to my friend we are both computing students and she was sat there pressing the DVD drive trying to turn the PC on, she decided it didn't work and went to sit somewhere else, I had a look pressed the on button and it worked... She then came back to sit next to me... Was pretty funny especially when I told my fiance, he looked at me like O.o My fiance has also had people telling him something doesn't work, he's been round and there was nothing wrong. There are some stupid people in this world...

HuntersGATHERING · January 2013

At Wal-Mart the prime question was "Are you open?" but we are always standing by our registers with the light on, every single time it never fails.

tarnish · January 2013

This is part of the reason that I have social anxieties in life. I am always afraid people will think what I ask or say is stupid. The person asking the question may: -Not be very observant/intelligent (for you to be average intelligence, that means there are those that are under) -May not be sure and are double checking (the phrase 'It doesn't hurt to ask' comes to mind -They are nervous leaving them to not think as clearly -Seriously have no clue about it (like the housing example or the dog example. Remember not all people are as into dogs as you are. They simply don't know. It's good they ask instead of just petting right away) Yeah, it stinks having to answer questions when you aren't very outgoing or you feel the answer is very obvious

I love reading the one site that has logs of calls people made to tech support where they wouldn't realize something wasn't plugged in or thought all these other things about computers. Reminds me of my dad and how he doesn't get technology and gets so confused. I can only imagine what gadgets we will have when I'm his age. Also antisocial is the wrong word I believe. Antisocial is what a lot of criminals are. They don't care about others feelings and will intentionally hurt people etc. I'm not sure why psychology chose antisocial for the word. So Ivy you work in a soap shop then? Do the soaps look like food or something? I'm wondering what would make kids want to eat it xD

ivybear93 · January 2013

tarnish wrote:

This is part of the reason that I have social anxieties in life. I am always afraid people will think what I ask or say is stupid. The person asking the question may: -Not be very observant/intelligent (for you to be average intelligence, that means there are those that are under) -May not be sure and are double checking (the phrase 'It doesn't hurt to ask' comes to mind -They are nervous leaving them to not think as clearly -Seriously have no clue about it (like the housing example or the dog example. Remember not all people are as into dogs as you are. They simply don't know. It's good they ask instead of just petting right away) Yeah, it stinks having to answer questions when you aren't very outgoing or you feel the answer is very obvious I love reading the one site that has logs of calls people made to tech support where they wouldn't realize something wasn't plugged in or thought all these other things about computers. Reminds me of my dad and how he doesn't get technology and gets so confused. I can only imagine what gadgets we will have when I'm his age. Also antisocial is the wrong word I believe. Antisocial is what a lot of criminals are. They don't care about others feelings and will intentionally hurt people etc. I'm not sure why psychology chose antisocial for the word. So Ivy you work in a soap shop then? Do the soaps look like food or something? I'm wondering what would make kids want to eat it xD

"work in it i own it" sorry couldnt resist rhe skyrim reference my family owns the business. The soaps are novelty soaps mainly and most are made to look like cupcakes cakes coconut ice marshmellows etc, ive eaten a few of them before because they smelt so good(fully knowing they were soaps so i guess im one of those idiots :P ) still people know the store only sells soap its written everywhere. Admitedly ive probably asked a few stupid questions in my time but still hearing the same things day after day by everyone does get very repetitive and i dislike repetitive (ugh like all pop songs) so to repeat what i said :P the questions are annoying.

tarnish · January 2013

Oh thats so cute! Do you have pictures of some of the soaps? I would love to see if you have any! =D

MrClean · January 2013

tarnish wrote:

This is part of the reason that I have social anxieties in life. I am always afraid people will think what I ask or say is stupid. The person asking the question may: -Not be very observant/intelligent (for you to be average intelligence, that means there are those that are under) -May not be sure and are double checking (the phrase 'It doesn't hurt to ask' comes to mind -They are nervous leaving them to not think as clearly -Seriously have no clue about it (like the housing example or the dog example. Remember not all people are as into dogs as you are. They simply don't know. It's good they ask instead of just petting right away) Yeah, it stinks having to answer questions when you aren't very outgoing or you feel the answer is very obvious I love reading the one site that has logs of calls people made to tech support where they wouldn't realize something wasn't plugged in or thought all these other things about computers. Reminds me of my dad and how he doesn't get technology and gets so confused. I can only imagine what gadgets we will have when I'm his age. Also antisocial is the wrong word I believe. Antisocial is what a lot of criminals are. They don't care about others feelings and will intentionally hurt people etc. I'm not sure why psychology chose antisocial for the word. So Ivy you work in a soap shop then? Do the soaps look like food or something? I'm wondering what would make kids want to eat it xD

While some people might be clueless, like about technology, some people are just not smart... I don't really know anything about the inner workings of a television but if my tv started smoking I wouldnt ask somebody "do you think it's broken?" Clearly it is And ivy, I want some! Although if they're as cute as they sound I might end up one of those idiots too lol

Dark Flame · January 2013

bryson wrote:

 While some people might be clueless, like about technology, some people are just not smart... I don't really know anything about the inner workings of a television but if my tv started smoking I wouldnt ask somebody "do you think it's broken?" Clearly it is And ivy, I want some! Although if they're as cute as they sound I might end up one of those idiots too lol

I agree with you about the non-smart people. Since I'm sure that if their TV didn't turn on, they wouldn't ring a support team about it... they would check the plug, why don't they do that with computers? it's just daft. My granddad's the best with being bad with technology... but he just doesn't understand with him being very old... like my uncle's and dad bought him a smart phone for his birthday and the other night he was told it had a panorama picture mode and he found it fascinating not that he can use it yet. And he always spells his emails with comma instead of a full stop, that's always annoying for my dad who has to find out why his email isn't working.

ivybear93 · January 2013

tarnish wrote:

Oh thats so cute! Do you have pictures of some of the soaps? I would love to see if you have any! =D

Our website has pics but i dont know if im allowed to post the link here

ivybear93 · January 2013

bryson wrote:

tarnish wrote:

This is part of the reason that I have social anxieties in life. I am always afraid people will think what I ask or say is stupid. The person asking the question may: -Not be very observant/intelligent (for you to be average intelligence, that means there are those that are under) -May not be sure and are double checking (the phrase 'It doesn't hurt to ask' comes to mind -They are nervous leaving them to not think as clearly -Seriously have no clue about it (like the housing example or the dog example. Remember not all people are as into dogs as you are. They simply don't know. It's good they ask instead of just petting right away) Yeah, it stinks having to answer questions when you aren't very outgoing or you feel the answer is very obvious I love reading the one site that has logs of calls people made to tech support where they wouldn't realize something wasn't plugged in or thought all these other things about computers. Reminds me of my dad and how he doesn't get technology and gets so confused. I can only imagine what gadgets we will have when I'm his age. Also antisocial is the wrong word I believe. Antisocial is what a lot of criminals are. They don't care about others feelings and will intentionally hurt people etc. I'm not sure why psychology chose antisocial for the word. So Ivy you work in a soap shop then? Do the soaps look like food or something? I'm wondering what would make kids want to eat it xD

 While some people might be clueless, like about technology, some people are just not smart... I don't really know anything about the inner workings of a television but if my tv started smoking I wouldnt ask somebody "do you think it's broken?" Clearly it is And ivy, I want some! Although if they're as cute as they sound I might end up one of those idiots too lol

im used to those idiots now :P

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