Dumb things I have to hear.

[pjalne]

Other way around: stupid employees.

I once dropped by a video rental to buy a pack of cigarettes, and the girl behind the counter asked me for ID. I had just come home from a vacation abroad, so I still had my passport in my jacket. She asked me if I had any "better ID". I informed her that this was a passport, the king of IDs. She accepted it reluctantly, and looked up my age.

Now, this was in the year 1998. My passport states that I was born in 1980. She spent a couple of seconds trying to figure it out before she asked her friend who was also sitting behind the counter "How old are you if you are born in 1980?" She didn't know either. I told them that if you take 1980 and add 18, you get 1998, which is the year right now. She stared blankly at me for a couple of seconds before she picked down a pack and said "All right, I'll give you the benefit of doubt".