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You're probably familiar with Jay Leno's Jaywalking segment where Jay asks geography questions such as "What countries border the U.S.?" and gets answers like "Australia & Utah".
Today I had an encounter with a Jaywalking candidate who works at Sprint's Customer Service department. I called and asked if my wireless air card could be used in Hawaii without roaming fees. She kept saying "hold on while I look this up."
After a lengthy wait she said "I'm sorry this is taking so long. I'm just trying to find out what country Hawaii is in."
(She was an American.)
Have you encountered any candidates for the Jaywalking segment?
P.S. I was going to have an American moderator change this thread's title from Jaywalker Candidates to Jaywalking Candidates but I couldn't remember what country America is in.
Edited by Jay Taylor - 11/1/09 at 3:48pm
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Greg_S_H 
Well, a long time ago, my total at Wendy's was $5.60, so I gave the girl six dollars and a dime. She asked, "What's the dime for?"
Yeah, the change thing happens all the time. I still can't figure out why they stand there and argue with you about it rather than just punching it into the register so they can see what happens.
It happened to me at McDonald's not too long ago. The cashier puzzled and puzzled over it, then finally had to call over another staff member who told her to just key the amount into the cash register and let the computer figure it out.
Uncle Joe: I'll never marry you, Selma Plout! You may as well take off that wedding dress and put it back in your Hopeless Chest!
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Once I was dressed as Willy Wonka for a Halloween costume contest at work. I wore a wig, a tall top hat, a bowtie, a purple jacket and carried a cane. As I walked past a bus stop I overheard a woman saying matter-of-factly to her friend:
"That guy is Benjamin Franklin."
WTF???
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DaveF:
If anyone had any doubt that you were an engineering/science type, this would have removed it:
Quote:
Most of this stuff doesn't phase me.
In this context that would be "doesn't
faze me". (Unless you mean you haven't been shot with a fictional energy weapon, in which case you were right in the first place. Speaking of which, I never got around to seeing the
Trek reboot and I've been wondering about something: Did they give anyone the line, "Don't phase me, bro?"
)
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Bob McLaughlin
Once I was dressed as Willy Wonka for a Halloween costume contest at work. I wore a wig, a tall top hat, a bowtie, a purple jacket and carried a cane. As I walked past a bus stop I overheard a woman saying matter-of-factly to her friend:
"That guy is Benjamin Franklin."
WTF???
She must have been thinking of the other Ben Franklin :
Anyway, with the outfit you describe, things could have been worse:
Joe
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TonyD
I don't know if I could fill in the map of states right now.
I haven't looked at a U.S. map in 20 years.
Hint: It hasn't changed.
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I can't remember offhand any situation where I have run into a "Jaywalking" candidate. I do remember a friend running into such a situation. He attended a RC modelling contest in the Eastern States. One of the contestants asked where he was from. Most of the time when asked that question people from Northern BC will use Vancouver, BC as a reference and say, "I'm from such and such and it is so many miles North of Vancouver". Figuring that the guy might not know where Vancouver was, he told him the name of the city and used Seattle, Washington as the reference. The next question.........Where is Seattle?
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Here's one of Jay's videos:
Jaywalking - Viva Las Vegas!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhqdyBE26cs
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