Ohh you’re here? Well, why didn’t you just say so!!

We all have those moments, I believe we call them “facepalm” moments. These moments happen a lot when dealing with people because lets be honest, people can be stupid.

One day I took my younger cousin to Comic Con in Swords, we got the bus up and when we bought the tickets we told the bus driver: “One to Heuston station please” (clear right?). As the bus passes Heuston station I look at my cousin and sigh… We walked up to the front of the bus and I asked the man: “ Where does the bus stop?” he responds “where do you want to stop?” Now I was trying to be polite and not sound sarcastic and I said: “Well eeehh Heuston?” He says: “Ohh well I looked back to see if someone got up but I didn’t see anyone move, so I assumed no-one wanted to get off” Now if you have been on buses in Dublin you know you don’t really want to be standing up or walking while the bus is manoeuvring around bikes, kids, dogs and other traffic that is insane. You’ll wait till the bus slows down a little and then get up, avoiding breaking something as the bus swings from left to right.
In my head I had slapped the driver and yelled: “THE FACT THAT I BOUGHT THE TICKET TIL HEUSTON, WASN’T A GOOD ENOUGH SIGN FOR YA??” But I politely said: “ Well the bus always stops there”. I had to give a good example for my cousin who just turned 16. Anyways he dropped us off as soon as he could and we walked back… I hate unexpected exercise….

That was facepalm number 1. Number 2 just happened about 15 minutes ago.

As you may have read before I work as tech support. Now what we do when we escalate tickets to other teams we have to ask for the users location and contact number etc.
I asked the woman in what building she was location and she told me, HQ. Good, I said. Which floor is that on? She is kind of talking to herself and I can understand something like: “Well I am there and also here”. I thought Id make it easy for her and ask her: “Where are you seated most of the time?” AANND (you’ve guessed it) She says: “ Ohh just here”… I am counting til 5 in my head, trying to control myself not to make a sarcastic comment. “Soo on what floor is here?”. I think in the end the location makes no sense because its all across the whole site BUT maybe she is a woman with long legs or go go gadget arms? I have no clue….

What I also find very annoying and consider a facepalm moment is when:
You walk into the shop without a bag, just your purse. I always end up buying  A LOT more than just the orange juice I was going for. Stand at the till and all your food is being scanned and you realize, Mhhh this is a lot more than I can carry. Then finally the person behinds the till says: “ Would you like a bag?” Mhh I wonder.. WOULD I?? Of course, I wasn’t 3 bags, look at all the stuff I am buying.. HOW am I going to carry it home? In the invisible bags I have hidden in my other invisible bag?? No!! BUT politely always say: “ Yes please, give me 3.”

A lot of these cases are what I like to call “Smile and wave”.
Smile politely and wave as you walk away…. Obviously thinking: Moron…