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To wonder what stupid questions you've been asked

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backtolifebacktoreality · 09/12/2021 09:58

Last weekend I phoned a local florists
and asked them to send some flowers to a nearby friend.

The friend lives in a relatively small cul de sac. The florist obviously asked the address for them to be delivered to. I advised they lived at No 12.

She then went on asking all sorts of questions about how she could find the house once in the street, ie what side of the road etc. She then asked questions about what would make the house recognisable to her, ie what colour front door.

I had to bite my lip but really wanted to respond "the fact that is has the number 12 on the door"!

OP posts:
Blueblossombush · 09/12/2021 20:01

(At work) why does my cheeseburger have cheese on it?

Can I have a zinger burger?
Sure-if you go to the kfc mate-this is McDonald’s

Me,dripping wet with a large towel wrapped round me
My partner-are you going for your shower?

When my son was tiny I got fed up of people thinking he was a girl so I bought him a bib with ‘Before you ask,I’m a boy written on it’
Little old ladies-is it a boy or a girl?

My son-mum?
Me-yes?
Son-where’s my arm?

Daughter-if you give a lad a blow job,can you get pregnant if you actually blow?

Another son-how many livers do I have?

Same son-can fish breathe on land?

Daughter-mum,what are chicken nuggets made out of?
Me-beef,kiddo
Daughter-really?oh I didn’t know that…

peaceanddove · 09/12/2021 20:05

MissAmbrosia why so nasty? I made it abundantly clear that it certainly wasn't because I looked young. I don't. I look like their middle aged Mum. God knows why he asked? I can't think it's to do with fire regulations Confused

lookforthespace · 09/12/2021 20:07

@IFinallyJoinedNowWhat

Used to work at a rather large furniture store spread over two levels. A woman approached a colleague of mine at the bottom of the stairs and asked, 'Do these stairs go up or down?' She answered with the only polite thing she could say, 'It depends whether you're at the top or the bottom...' Confused
🤣🤣🤣🤣
NoodleNooNoo · 09/12/2021 20:10

Ex: what are gloves for?
Me: umm to keep your hands warm
Ex: yes, but what are they for???

I still don’t get it

peaceanddove · 09/12/2021 20:16

Oh actually, never mind 😆😆😆

WomanStanleyWoman · 09/12/2021 20:22

Me,dripping wet with a large towel wrapped round me. My partner-are you going for your shower?

That reminds me of when I arrived at my parents’ house for my cousin’s wedding, carrying a protective zip-up bag with a hanger sticking out of the top. ‘Ooh, is that your wedding outfit?’, asked my mother. She wasn’t too impressed when I said ‘Oh no, that’s in my pocket - this is my recycling’.

ErrolTheDragon · 09/12/2021 20:33

@Frazzledmummy123

I have twins, and was asked "did you try for twins?" Confused

Also, another time in Boots chemist I was collecting a prescription for my 6 year old daughter and the pharnacist was running through safety questions. First was asking her date of birth, then a few questions later, "is there any chance she might be pregnant?". She didn't even realise after she said it and casually ticked no when I said "no" Smile

You really don't want to know how young the youngest girls to have ever given birth are.
Lacedwithgrace · 09/12/2021 20:39

Planning my mum's funeral aged 18, the funeral director asked "Have you got anyone to sit with you and help you through this, your mum maybe?"

When I was sat in a hospital waiting room after being told I'd had a MC, a nurse asked me if I was okay, and when I explained she said "Oh did you not want the baby?"

peaceanddove · 09/12/2021 20:52

Just remembered an absolute corker. I BF DD1 for the first 5-6 weeks, but was on my knees with severe PND + mastitis. I very hesitantly (and quite tearfully) asked my midwife if it would perhaps be okay to introduce the occasional bottle of formula? She rounded on me very angrily and asked me if I actually cared about DD1? And asked me why I would be so selfish? And told me that if I gave her so much as one bottle of formula it would immediately negate any benefit she'd had from BF.

I was absolutely devastated 😢😢😢

Lizzy1980 · 09/12/2021 20:54

@GrandTheftWalrus

I called my mum on her house phone and asked where she was.
I rang my Sister on her landline recently and asked if she was in 🙄
Lizzy1980 · 09/12/2021 20:58

@Duckerbizzle

Where we live it is a little bit confusing as there are loads of little closes etc all with strange layouts. We get so many parcels dumped here that aren't for us by drivers who got a bit confused or whatever. I think the florist was just making sure the flowers went to the right place so wanted to put a note of anything to help the delivery person if necessary who is likely to be in a hurry. She might not have known the road you were sending them to so wasn't necessary aware that the house is easy to find. So surely good customer service, rather than being stupid/asking dumb questions.
This
MrsJackWhicher · 09/12/2021 21:03

@Fizzbangwallop

When a friend asked my DM where her colonoscopy was being done. Her answer was ‘up my bum!’ Smile
Xmas Grin
NMC2022 · 09/12/2021 21:04

My colleague asked my boss what a mini twix tasted like
My boss HmmConfused "like a twix. But smaller"
She did also think leeches and lychees were the same which caused my boss to take up smoking again

I was in Asda, wearing standard ambulance uniform. NHS logo, ambulance logo, AMBULANCE in letters on the jacket. A woman kicked off at me because I didn't know where the sugar was and said she was going to find my manager to complain, and if I was going to impersonate an Asda employee then I should do the job. Im not sure whether me, or the Asda manager was more confused but this woman was adamant I was wearing an Asda uniform

DDMAC · 09/12/2021 21:05

@peaceanddove

Just remembered an absolute corker. I BF DD1 for the first 5-6 weeks, but was on my knees with severe PND + mastitis. I very hesitantly (and quite tearfully) asked my midwife if it would perhaps be okay to introduce the occasional bottle of formula? She rounded on me very angrily and asked me if I actually cared about DD1? And asked me why I would be so selfish? And told me that if I gave her so much as one bottle of formula it would immediately negate any benefit she'd had from BF.

I was absolutely devastated 😢😢😢

I had this exact same thing happen, it was my second baby so I was more confident and knew what I wanted. I asked her so how many children do you have? 9 she says! Oh and did you breastfeed them? NO! She had the grace to look embarrassed
ElephantCup · 09/12/2021 21:07

@PuppyFeet

One evening a couple of weeks ago I scattered some treats on our front lawn for my dog to sniff for… he’s a lab/collie cross.. not a big dog but definitely a dog.. and someone drove past and stopped, rolled down their window and asked why I was feeding a badger… I had no answer….
That’s brilliant 🤣
Fidgetty · 09/12/2021 21:15

In America. Ended up chatting to a couple of girls in a queue. They noted my accent, asked where I was from. Then one said with complete sincerity "oh wow so did you guys drive here?" Yes love, we drove our Renault across the Atlantic Confused

I know Americans aren't exactly lauded for their knowledge of world geography but Christ!

RVN123 · 09/12/2021 21:17

@MrsScrubbingbrush

I suffer from tinnitus (high pitched ringing in the ears). Many years ago my boss asked me if he put his ear next to mine would he hear it too 🙄
Not so silly. Most people do have subjective tinnitus, but rarely tinnitus can be OBJECTIVE - heard by an outside examiner. "Objective tinnitus is a perceived sensation of sound that occurs in the absence of external acoustic stimulation but can also be heard by the examiner ". Usually caused by vascular disturbances.
repottingthescabious · 09/12/2021 21:27

not asked but unfortunately it was me, embarrassingly, doing the asking last week.

me phoning the pharmacy: Would you tell me if my prescription's ready for me to collect?

silent pause.....

Pharmacist: your name....?

Cao77 · 09/12/2021 21:27

In a pub last week, ordered a child's fish and chips....to be asked by the waitress, do you want chips with that?!?!? Confused

Mother87 · 09/12/2021 21:28

Someone looking at a photo of my Singaporean Chinese grandma - and my English Nanna... And asking which one was from the Chinese side of the familyGrin

ViaRia · 09/12/2021 21:28

Ordering a doughnut in Greggs. There was only one left on the tray behind the glass and when I ordered it the guy looked at me a little puzzled, pointed at it with his tongs and asked me “umm… do you want the display doughnut?”

I have no idea why he asked that and I still find it hilarious when I remember it.

timestheyarechanging · 09/12/2021 21:30

My son aged about four (now 16) in the car on way home from the beach:
Him - Mum can I have my ice cream?
Me - you ate it ages ago
Him - but I put the rest of it in your handbag

He had! Thanks son

Frazzledmummy123 · 09/12/2021 21:37

ErrolTheDragon, yes plenty of 6 year olds get pregnant in Central Scotland and perfectly normal in Boots to ask if she is pregnant Hmm .

MrsJackWhicher · 09/12/2021 21:37

@timestheyarechanging

My son aged about four (now 16) in the car on way home from the beach: Him - Mum can I have my ice cream? Me - you ate it ages ago Him - but I put the rest of it in your handbag

He had! Thanks son

Xmas Grin
MrsJackWhicher · 09/12/2021 21:40

At a safari park elder son solemnly told younger son ‘If you are being chased by a rhino, hide behind a tree’
Younger son asked, ‘Why, are rhinos scared of trees?’