Wednesday, June 15, 2016
Incompetently asked and unanswerable
Schools could do a lot of good if they'd handle ONE JOB.
Teach people the correct way to ASK A FUCKING QUESTION.
I used to encounter this on buses constantly when I worked downtown. Now I hear it much less often, but it's still notable when it happens.
After riding for a couple miles, lady walks up to the front and asks bus driver the following question, verbatim:
"You don't mnmnttwtnnm Garland. You don't go parallel [makes meaningless hand motion]."
The driver, suppressing his exasperation, asked the ONE QUESTION THAT MATTERS: "Where do YOU want to go?"
Lady still couldn't handle it. She asked "Where do you end up?"
Driver, obviously wanting to specify in fine detail where the lady should end up, said "Five Mile Park-n-Ride."
For some reason this was enough to convince the lady that she was on the wrong bus, and she got off at the next transfer point without ever saying WHERE SHE FUCKING WANTED TO GO.
Similar failures appear on the Spokane-News facebook page. Two examples right now:
"What's going down on the North Side?"
"It's at my apartment. What's up? Flashing lights."
WHERE ARE YOU? If you want an answer, GIVE THE RELEVANT INFORMATION.
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Tacking on another completely random item. Wandering the web I noticed an Indonesian headline that ended with bagi bagi amplop. I think the world would be better off if we all spoke a language that can say bagi bagi amplop. You can't frown while saying bagi bagi amplop.
Labels: skill-estate
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