People are stupid
August 3rd, 2007The following encounter took place as I was leaving the drugstore. All players were at least in their mid-20’s, if not older. There were 4 people in the store, not including myself. 2 men and 2 women.
*Female Clerk and Female Customer are having a conversation*
F Clerk: How old is he now?
F Customer: He’s 9 and… *thinks* How many weeks are in a year?
F Clerk: I don’t know. 48?
F Customer: No, I don’t think that’s right…
M Customer: 50. There are 50 weeks in a year.
F Customer: Are you sure?
F Clerk: Hey, [M Clerk]! How many weeks are in a year?
M Clerk: 62.
Me (*exasperated*): FIFTY-two. There are 52 weeks in a year.
All (in unison): Oooohhhh… FIFTY-two. Thank you!
Adults old enough to know better and young enough to remember school. 3 different guesses and none of them right! I am saddened… and also kind of laughing at the blatant stupidity.
Holy hell. I don’t know whether to laugh or cry. Things like this don’t exactly raise my hopes for this country.
Comment by Jason � August 3, 2007 @ 10:52 am
I know it! I just stood there listening to all of these wrong guesses getting more and more astonished that *so many people* couldn’t get it right.
Comment by FyreGoddess � August 3, 2007 @ 11:53 am
how many days in a week? 7.,.. no, 8. we have 1 more day for weekend now
Comment by meet2go.com � August 4, 2007 @ 17:18 pm