I recieved this email from a friend, and I felt that the world should be warned of the demon Stupidity...
>> >> This is a reportedly true exchange that even Monty Python would be proud of.
> >>
> >> Here's the background:
> >>
> >> Ian works in a coffee, bagels, and sandwiches trailer on the
> > campus of UNH (The University of New Hampshire, for those not from the East Coast of the U.S.)
> >>
> >> Vinnie is his boss and the owner of the truck, and yes, according to Ian, this actually happened.
> >>
> >> Ian is telling the story as he waits on a female customer.
> >>
> >> Her: Yes, I'd like a milk with some coffee in it.
> >>
> >> Me: So, that's just a splash of coffee in a milk?
> >>
> >> Her: No, a regular amount of milk, but not coffee.
> >>
> >> Me: Is there more milk or coffee?
> >>
> >> Her: Oh, definitely more coffee.
> >>
> >> Me: So that's a coffee with some extra milk.
> >>
> >> Her: Just the usual amount of milk.
> >>
> >> Me: A coffee with milk.
> >>
> >> Her: Yes.
> >>
> >> Me: Anything else?
> >>
> >> Her: A little extra milk and do you have coffee with no caffeine?
> >>
> >> Me: We do have decaf.
> >>
> >> Her: No, I don't want decaf, just some coffee without the caffeine.
> >>
> >> Me: Ma'am, that's what decaf means, no caffeine.
> >>
> >> Her: Oh, then do you have milk with no caffeine?
> >>
> >> Me: Milk doesn't come with caffeine.
> >>
> >> Her: Yes it does.
> >>
> >> Me: Not that I know of, where do you get your milk?
> >>
> >> Her: It doesn't say "caffeine free" on the milk so it must have caffeine.
> >>
> >> Me: Oh, you're right, my mistake, I forgot that we only get the decaf milk.
> >No problem, we have only decaf milk. Anything else?
> >>
> >> Her: Do you have any bagels?
> >>
> >> Vinnie (who has been listening all along): I'm sorry, ma'am, we're
> all out of decaf bagels.
> >>
> >> Her: Well, what are those? (pointing at sesame bagels)
> >>
> >> Vinnie: Those are sesame donuts with extra caffeine added.
> >>
> >> Her: I guess I'll just have the coffee.
> >>
> >> Her: Do you take credit cards?
> >>
> >> Me: No ma'am, cash only.
> >>
> >> Her: What about visa?
> >>
> >> Me: Is that a credit card?
> >>
> >> Her: Well, yes.
> >>
> >> Vinnie: Is it cash?
> >>
> >> Her: No.
> >>
> >> Vinnie: Then no, we can't take it.
> >>
> >> Her: What about checks?
> >>
> >> Me: Cash ma'am, nothing else.
> >>
> >> Her: O.K.
> >>
> >> Her: How much is that?
> >>
> >> Vinnie: Eleven dollars and 45 cents.
> >>
> >> Her: Really?
> >>
> >> Vinnie: New war in Alaska is ruining the coffee business, plus you
> wanted the coffee with no caffeine, that's hard to find now, had to grow it
> myself.
> >
> >> Her: O.K. (proceeds to write a check)
> >>
> >> Vinnie: Please leave.
> >>
> >> Her: Why?
> >>
> >> Vinnie: You're raising my blood pressure, leave now.
> >>
> >> Her: But what about my coffee?
> >>
> >> Vinnie: Leave and never return.
> >>
> >> She leaves, but pays the $11.45 first. Seriously.
We need protection from the pathologically stupid!
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