NJ said:
Calling the Microsoft Support hotline...
"... Did you try turning it off and turn it back on?"
The fact that they really ask me that hopeless question makes me want to shove a keyboard up the guy's ass, right next to his head.
That's not really an idiotic question when you think about how many computer illiterates are out there. Is some cases, it's a legitimate fix.
Okay, here's one. I get calls like this every month from different people:
Caller: Is this Mr Wong?
Me: No, you've got the wrong number.
Caller: Can I speak to Mr Wong then?
I wouldn't say this one's so much idiotic rather than just silly:
Me: I was just eavesdropping on his the other day...
My wife: Don't you mean ears-drop?
Me: *insert jaw drop here*
Mind you, she's not stupid. It's just that her grasp of the language isn't that strong.
A joke we always bring up about my mum's brush with the police after she made an illegal U-turn(there was even a sign there):
Police: Ma'am. You made an illegal turn.
Mom: But my friend says its legal!
A friend of mine, was waiting in her car in a parking lot, when she was hit by a bike. She got down to look at the damage when the biker said:
"You gonna pay for damages to my bike?"