Stupid Trivia Fact for the Day
Oct. 8th, 2004 07:59 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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The most commonly stolen book is :::drumroll, please::: The Guinness Book of World's Records.
I get asked some stupid questions. When I was working at the Fantastic Indoor Swapmeet, a woman called & asked, "What's the name of your Avon booth?" Another time, some man called & asked, "Are you the Indoor Swapmeet at Decatur & Oakey?" - to which I replied, "Yes". He then asked, "Where are you located?" Last night, trying to get back to the desk from lunch, I tried to pass the Sherwood Forest Bar. There is a large pink & green neon sign above it that says: Sherwood Forest Bar. There were people sitting at the bar drinking, & bartenders behind the bar doing bartenderly things. There were two women in the aisle looking at the bar, & I could tell they had a question of some sort, and of course, instead of walking up to the bar to ask a bartender, they spotted me in my inconspicuous black & white uniform... "Can we get a drink here?" one of them asked me. I said, "No, I'm sorry, you don't have watering rights here. You have to go across the street to the NY NY." They looked at me & began to walk away, so I took pity on them & stopped them, "No, ladies, look, it says right on the sign: bar. You can drink there." Someone checking in to the hotel, not too long ago asked Jeff, "Where's the casino?" Jeff told him to turn around & look behind him. At least I'm not the only one. Fourth on my list of stupid questions, tho, are people who call guest services around 11pm & ask, "What are the pool hours?" I tell them "8am to 8pm." & they always seem to ask, "So it's closed now?"
I get asked some stupid questions. When I was working at the Fantastic Indoor Swapmeet, a woman called & asked, "What's the name of your Avon booth?" Another time, some man called & asked, "Are you the Indoor Swapmeet at Decatur & Oakey?" - to which I replied, "Yes". He then asked, "Where are you located?" Last night, trying to get back to the desk from lunch, I tried to pass the Sherwood Forest Bar. There is a large pink & green neon sign above it that says: Sherwood Forest Bar. There were people sitting at the bar drinking, & bartenders behind the bar doing bartenderly things. There were two women in the aisle looking at the bar, & I could tell they had a question of some sort, and of course, instead of walking up to the bar to ask a bartender, they spotted me in my inconspicuous black & white uniform... "Can we get a drink here?" one of them asked me. I said, "No, I'm sorry, you don't have watering rights here. You have to go across the street to the NY NY." They looked at me & began to walk away, so I took pity on them & stopped them, "No, ladies, look, it says right on the sign: bar. You can drink there." Someone checking in to the hotel, not too long ago asked Jeff, "Where's the casino?" Jeff told him to turn around & look behind him. At least I'm not the only one. Fourth on my list of stupid questions, tho, are people who call guest services around 11pm & ask, "What are the pool hours?" I tell them "8am to 8pm." & they always seem to ask, "So it's closed now?"
