Silliest thing you've ever seen or heard?

[Harmonie]

This isn't on the same level as other posts here, but I did want to find a place to talk about it? Can I just talk about how ridiculous retail is?

People always complain about retailers forcing Christmas on them early, but I find that nowhere near as ridiculous as the fact that at my store, they already put bikinis and other swimwear out and put all of the coats and general winterwear on clearance! (or I should say what's left of it. They literally stopped ordering them long before winter even started.)

Winter started one month ago... We are not even half-way through it. What in the world?  I know people in general are anxious for Spring (even though it's nicer than it will ever be in Spring right now. I'd bet money on this one!), but that's ridiculous! But fine, lose money on those still coming in looking for coats the next time it gets cold.

[galaxystardust]

"Oh you live in Africa? Do you have lions in your back yard??" "You have the internet in Africa??" No, I'm using magic pixie dust to post on here (that was on the Silverstein forum   )

[Karma]

"Oh you live in Africa? Do you have lions in your back yard??" "You have the internet in Africa??" No, I'm using magic pixie dust to post on here (that was on the Silverstein forum   )

lol I was telling my mom how to keep Elephants out of your yard with bees, then added, "But we'll only need to know that if we move to the bush part of Africa. Not the part of Africa that has Starbucks."

[galaxystardust]

"Oh you live in Africa? Do you have lions in your back yard??" "You have the internet in Africa??" No, I'm using magic pixie dust to post on here (that was on the Silverstein forum   )

lol I was telling my mom how to keep Elephants out of your yard with bees, then added, "But we'll only need to know that if we move to the bush part of Africa. Not the part of Africa that has Starbucks."

There's a part of Africa that has Starbucks?? I wish it was my part. Lol.

Possibly Egypt and Morocco, popular tourist destinations, have Starbucks. Sadly not South Africa.
I need pumpkin spice lattes in my life.

We were told that women in heels were to wait in a fire alarm situation until others had evacuated as they might be slow on the fire stairs and slow down the whole evacuation. Chucks out the whole woman and children first thing, lol.

Because of course, shoes are permanent fixtures and can't be removed from feet if necessary *sarcasm

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[Galactica]

We were told that women in heels were to wait in a fire alarm situation until others had evacuated as they might be slow on the fire stairs and slow down the whole evacuation. Chucks out the whole woman and children first thing, lol.

Because of course, shoes are permanent fixtures and can't be removed from feet if necessary *sarcasm

In my building- those of us that are on the 17 - 32 floors aren't even allowed to evacuate all the way out in the event of a major disaster/fire/etc., because it will fill up the stairwells too much and/or cause panic.  Instead, we have been told that we have to go down to floor 14 and wait on a "holding floor."  I guess only the first 16 floors are expected to make it out alive, and the rest of us had just better stay out of the way to avoid a panic, and hope for the best...

[Karma]

"Oh you live in Africa? Do you have lions in your back yard??" "You have the internet in Africa??" No, I'm using magic pixie dust to post on here (that was on the Silverstein forum   )

lol I was telling my mom how to keep Elephants out of your yard with bees, then added, "But we'll only need to know that if we move to the bush part of Africa. Not the part of Africa that has Starbucks."

There's a part of Africa that has Starbucks?? I wish it was my part. Lol.

Possibly Egypt and Morocco, popular tourist destinations, have Starbucks. Sadly not South Africa.
I need pumpkin spice lattes in my life.

Apparently there are some places in Montecasino that serve starbucks, but are not starbucks, because they didn't want people to die of withdrawals during the world cup. Note this comes from someone who would have asked you those uninformed questions a couple of years ago. The internet is a wonderful place where you get to learn how dumb you used to be~ 

[galaxystardust]

Apparently there are some places in Montecasino that serve starbucks, but are not starbucks, because they didn't want people to die of withdrawals during the world cup. Note this comes from someone who would have asked you those uninformed questions a couple of years ago. The internet is a wonderful place where you get to learn how dumb you used to be~ 

Ah! Makes sense. That's in the capital.
I'm a 6 hour drive from there.
Sigh

[Kiwi]

This isn't on the same level as other posts here, but I did want to find a place to talk about it? Can I just talk about how ridiculous retail is?

People always complain about retailers forcing Christmas on them early, but I find that nowhere near as ridiculous as the fact that at my store, they already put bikinis and other swimwear out and put all of the coats and general winterwear on clearance! (or I should say what's left of it. They literally stopped ordering them long before winter even started.)

Winter started one month ago... We are not even half-way through it. What in the world?  I know people in general are anxious for Spring (even though it's nicer than it will ever be in Spring right now. I'd bet money on this one!), but that's ridiculous! But fine, lose money on those still coming in looking for coats the next time it gets cold.

A lot of people go away for tropical vacations during the winter months, so they would be looking for bathing suits. Makes sense to me for the stores to have them available for travelers.

[Harmonie]

This isn't on the same level as other posts here, but I did want to find a place to talk about it? Can I just talk about how ridiculous retail is?

People always complain about retailers forcing Christmas on them early, but I find that nowhere near as ridiculous as the fact that at my store, they already put bikinis and other swimwear out and put all of the coats and general winterwear on clearance! (or I should say what's left of it. They literally stopped ordering them long before winter even started.)

Winter started one month ago... We are not even half-way through it. What in the world?  I know people in general are anxious for Spring (even though it's nicer than it will ever be in Spring right now. I'd bet money on this one!), but that's ridiculous! But fine, lose money on those still coming in looking for coats the next time it gets cold.

A lot of people go away for tropical vacations during the winter months, so they would be looking for bathing suits. Makes sense to me for the stores to have them available for travelers.

In place of coats and other outerwear, though?

Having swim wear around for special occasions is one thing, putting it on display and clearing out the outerwear is another thing.

[Kiwi]

A lot of stores do it. The most sales for that season are when it's just starting, not so much when it's halfway through. It's logical that stores would stock things that would sell more - if they sell 20 bathing suits vs 2 coats, of course that's what they are going to stock.

[Shimmer Mist]

A friend of mine once tried to argue that having a Siberian Husky would be not only more expensive but harder work than raising a human child.

I want to live in a world where meeting the daily needs of a human much are cheaper than that of dogs. x-x

[cuddlebuggy]

If you're from the US,you don't need a passport to go to Hawaii, it's a state!
Not all Texans have horses or giant cowboys hats.
 Yes, women fart and no, it does not smell like perfume!

[Aadra310]

About 7 years ago my parents, my husband, and I went to Orlando to visit my brother.  We went to one of those dinner theater shows and were seated with a British family.  Our waitress was from the deep South so she had a significant accent.  She told us our entree options and the British lady ordered "the ham."  Once we all got our food, British lady become increasingly upset as she tried to explain to the waitress she received the wrong order.  She had been served a Cornish hen.  She kept saying over and over, "But this is chicken!  I ordered ham!"  Finally, with help from us, we managed to explain that ham hadn't been a menu choice.  It was hen!  It was a case of misunderstanding accents!  Much laughter was then had by all.

To this day though, if ever anything goes wrong with my family's food order, someone will inevitably say, "But this is chicken!  I ordered ham!"

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My brother used to work at Disney World and one day it was raining so a lot of the park patrons were taking shelter in various dry places.  A woman marched up to my brother who was in his work clothes with name badge, and asked in a very huffy way when they were going to put the dome up.  Like, Disney World had a GIANT dome that could come up and cover the entire park so no rain could get in. 

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I live in Oklahoma.  When I go out of state I have people ask me if we still have trouble with Indian raids.  *facepalm.  I look at them very seriously and say, "Well, I sure don't.  I'm part Cherokee."  The looks on their faces is priceless. 
Out of towners have gotten into a few embarrassing conversations down here when they are educated that a lot of us have Native American blood!