Stupidity Knows No Bounds
Sometimes you meet a person and you just wonder: "How are you still alive?" Some people are so dumb that it's truly amazing they haven't been felled by their own stupidity. From adults who never learned the basics of everyday living to bosses whose idiocy proves that failing up is a real thing, there's no shortage of dummies out there. These Redditors came together to share their stories about the stupidest people they've ever encountered. Somewhere out there, a village is missing its idiot—and chances are, they're right here in these stories.
1. Drumstick Dummy
This one blew my mind. My housemate, a 24-year-old post-grad student, did not realize that: 1. You needed to preheat an oven. 2. You needed to defrost frozen meat before cooking it. 3. You need to use a baking tray.
I learned this one day after I caught her lining the bottom of our oven with frozen chicken drumsticks.
2. Yogi Bear Knows Better
I used to work in Banff National Park. One day at the end of the tour, I was driving some guests back to their hotel and a woman was adamant that Banff was clearly a very dangerous place to visit since we "just let wild animals run around everywhere!
They should be in cages!" I had to fight the urge to throw her off the bus pretty hard. She also insisted that she needed to change the money she got in British Columbia to Alberta currency, which...does not exist.
3. Baby Talk Spanish
A very pregnant checkout girl once heard me and my mom talking to each other in Spanish and asked us if it was hard to learn. Woof, this led to quite the conversation.
Apparently, the baby's father was from South America and, since he had gone home for good, she was afraid she wouldn't be able to understand the baby.
After an awkward pause, my mom and I explained to her how the baby will speak in English because that's what she speaks and it will learn it from her. She didn't seem relieved, so I fear she might have not believed us.
4. As Good as Gold!
I worked at a bank when mobile depositing had just become a "thing."
We understood that some people would take longer to get used to it, but when we received a picture of someone’s cash, we realized that they sent a picture of their cash to us for deposit…because money is money, right?
Yeah…it doesn’t work like that at all.
