radioman Posted March 31, 2010 Report Share Posted March 31, 2010 Subject: Idiots in 2010 Number One Idiot, so far in 2010 I am a medical student currently doing a rotation in toxicology at the poison control centre.Today, this woman called in very upset because she caught her little daughter eating ants. I quickly reassured her that the ants are not harmful and there would be no need to bring her daughter into the hospital. She calmed down and at the end of the conversation happened to mention that she gave her daughter some ant poison to eat in order to kill the ants. I told her that she better bring her daughter into the emergency room right away.. Number Two Idiot so far in 2010 Early this year, some Boeing employees on the airfield decided to steal a life raft from one of the 747s. They were successful in getting it out of the plane and home. Shortly after they took it for a float on the river, they noticed a Westpac Rescue Helicopter coming towards them. It turned out that the chopper was homing in on the emergency locator beacon that activated when the raft was inflated. They are no longer employed at Boeing. Number Three Idiot so far in 2010 A man, wanting to rob a Bank of Queensland , walked into the Branch and wrote 'Put all your muny in this bag.' While standing in line, waiting to give his note to the teller, he began to worry that someone had seen him write the note and might call the police before he reached the teller's window. So he left the Bank and crossed the street to the NAB Bank. After waiting a few minutes in line, he handed his note to the teller. She read it and, surmising from his spelling errors that he wasn't the brightest light in the harbour, told him that she could not accept his stickup note because it was written on a Bank of Queensland deposit slip and that he would either have to fill out a NAB deposit slip or go back to Bank of Queensland ... Looking somewhat defeated, the man said, 'OK' and left. He was arrested a few minutes later, as he was waiting in line back at the Bank of Queensland. Happened in Noosa! Number Four Idiot so far in 2010 A guy walked into a little corner store with a shotgun and demanded all of the cash from the cash drawer. After the cashier put the cash in a bag, the robber saw a bottle of Scotch that he wanted behind the counter on the shelf. He told the cashier to put it in the bag as well, but the cashier refused and said, 'Because I don't believe you are over 21.' The robber said he was, but the clerk still refused to give it to him because she didn't believe him. At this point, the robber took his driver's licence out of his wallet and gave it to the clerk. The clerk looked it over and agreed that the man was in fact over 21 and she put the Scotch in the bag. The robber then ran from the store with his loot.The cashier promptly called the police and gave the name and address of the robber that she got off the licence. They arrested the robber two hours later. Number Five Idiot so far in 2010 A pair of robbers entered a record shop nervously waving revolvers. The first one shouted, 'Nobody move!' When his partner moved, the startled first bandit shot him.. Number Six Idiot so far in 2010 Seems this guy wanted some beer pretty badly.. He decided that he'd just throw a brick through a liquor store window, grab some booze, and run. So he lifted the brick and heaved it over his head at the window.. The brick bounced back knocking him unconscious. It seems the liquor store window was made of Plexi-Glass... The whole event was caught on videotape.. Perth WA . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robaus Posted March 31, 2010 Report Share Posted March 31, 2010 >>The whole event was caught on videotape.. Perth WA . ... hey, I resemble that remark! hehe (Robaus, Perth) Thanks for the laugh. They sound like they have Darwin Awards potential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted March 31, 2010 Report Share Posted March 31, 2010 ...you engineer a product to make it "idiot proof" and then they build a better idiot... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Hippie Posted March 31, 2010 Report Share Posted March 31, 2010 "...Number Two Idiot so far in 2010 Early this year, some Boeing employees on the airfield decided to steal a life raft from one of the 747s. They were successful in getting it out of the plane and home. Shortly after they took it for a float on the river, they noticed a Westpac Rescue Helicopter coming towards them. It turned out that the chopper was homing in on the emergency locator beacon that activated when the raft was inflated. They are no longer employed at Boeing..." I have heard this story before involving airline employees. I tend to think it is exaggerated, or else an act of true stupidity, as the raft would be ridiculous in length. No ideas if it is true or not, but it wouldn't surprise me in the least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shygye Posted March 31, 2010 Report Share Posted March 31, 2010 Link Variants on the Boeing raft myth date back to 1997! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unit731 Posted March 31, 2010 Report Share Posted March 31, 2010 Granted. Some of these stories are urband legends. But the fact remains, there are some really stupid people out there. I keep seeing the same one in almost every mirror that I come across ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USVirgin Posted March 31, 2010 Report Share Posted March 31, 2010 I once posted an airline story about the passenger who re-boarded an ANZ flight from Los Angeles to Auckland instead of the flight to Oakland he was meant to take. OH had heard many variants of the story over the years and naturally questioned its validity, but I was right there and witnessed the fuck-up as it happened just before we closed the doors of the 747 as it left LAX. The attached news clipping is essentially factual, except for the bit about the passenger misunderstanding the flight attendant's accent. It was a ground staff supervisor from Golders Green that he misunderstood. And that wasn't even ANZ's biggest fuck-up at LAX. We once had a group of 30 Iowan farmers board a flight to Tahiti, instead of our Fiji flight! I witnessed that one too. "Wrong Way Lewis" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiceMan Posted March 31, 2010 Report Share Posted March 31, 2010 Don't ANZ flight attendants ask to see boarding cards? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USVirgin Posted March 31, 2010 Report Share Posted March 31, 2010 Don't ANZ flight attendants ask to see boarding cards? Normally yes; in this case it was the ground staff's responsibility and fault. The flight went LGW-LAX-AKL. Those transiting LAX on that flight were sent to a small sterile transit lounge and merely given a laminated 'transit card', based on their word, to re-board with. We were off-count in the number of transit passengers and when the guy re-boarded he was in someone else's seat. I was trying to sort it by asking him to produce his paper ticket or boarding pass. My supervisor intervened, in his zealousness to get the flight out 'on-time', and merely asked the guy if he was going to Auckland, without checking any documents. When the passenger replied 'yes', my supervisor just moved him to a seat across the aisle and we closed the door. The Fiji/Tahiti fuck-up occurred for the same reason. A manager wanting to get the flight out on time and not trusting his subordinates to do their job. That one was really funny, because the group we left behind were all sitting DIRECTLY in front of the boarding gate and ALL wearing the same red hats. My boss knew we were 30 passengers short, yet let the flight go anyway. It wasn't funny to the captain, though. The weight and balance discrepancy was noticeable on takeoff, and he was seething when he radioed back. PS. Both these incidents occurred in the early 80s when security wasn't like it is now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkoktraveler Posted March 31, 2010 Report Share Posted March 31, 2010 "...Number Two Idiot so far in 2010 Early this year, some Boeing employees on the airfield decided to steal a life raft from one of the 747s. They were successful in getting it out of the plane and home. Shortly after they took it for a float on the river, they noticed a Westpac Rescue Helicopter coming towards them. It turned out that the chopper was homing in on the emergency locator beacon that activated when the raft was inflated. They are no longer employed at Boeing..." I have heard this story before involving airline employees. I tend to think it is exaggerated, or else an act of true stupidity, as the raft would be ridiculous in length. No ideas if it is true or not, but it wouldn't surprise me in the least. I bought a raft from a Boeing employee so I guess it is okay to use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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