Dumbest comment you ever heard

Silver Member Joined: Feb 14 2010 Posts: 558

todays most insensitive comment by a mother of my pupil (im going for maternity leave for a few weeks and will be replaced by a charming sweet collegue):
"How many pregnancies do you plan in near future? Maybe a nonjewish teacher would be less frequently pregnant" (ftr: its my FIRST pregnancy, I teach in a jewish school, the parents and kids were informed really early, eventhough the entire country lacks teachers, we found an amazing teacher to replace me...).
the comment hurt, cos I love the class and I always got along great with the parents. most of them stood up for me, the headmistress said: your comment is rediculous, I have currently two teachers who are absent for weeks, because of health reasons (no real replacement in sight) and NOT due to pregnancies, noone can forsee what will happen in the 'near future'.

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Platinum Member Joined: Mar 24 2008 Posts: 6528

when I told my boss I was pregenant he was silent for a moment and then said: "I thought you were done"

I was in Value Depot in Brooklyn and there was a sign that read "One book for 48 cents, 2 books for a dollar."
I went over to the cashier and jokingly asked if I can buy 2 books but only pay 96 cents and he's like, no 2 for a dollar. I tried explaining it to him but he totally didn't get it! Laughing

Posted: Wed, Jan 11 2012, 8:41 pm Post subject:

Silver Member Joined: Apr 27 2009 Posts: 737

Not a comment I heard, but I think it's odd as well. I went for a sono, (thyroid)on the forms I had to fill out was gender M____ F______Other________.

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Posted: Wed, Jan 11 2012, 10:01 pm Post subject:

My husband is very petite. (5'7" and 110 lbs) My baby is big, broad, and chubby. Someone that had never seen me, saw DH w/ my baby and asked him, "Is the the mailman on your block heavy? This child is not yours!"

Diamond Member Joined: Jun 09 2009 Posts: 3233

I went to a pharmacy to fill a prescription for my dd, who was 10 months old at the time. It was in 1997, and she was born in '96. When they asked me for her birthday, I told them, and they wrote down the year as '97. I had to remind them that that would make her negative 2 months old. It took a while for them to realize what their mistake was. Rolling Eyes

After ds was born, we got his social security card in the mail. I looked at it and then forgot where I put it. I went to get him a new one, and the brilliant guy asked me what ds's social security number was. I said I didn't remember, so he said, "Well, we can't tell you the number because that is private information. Go home and ask all of your family members if any of them remember the number and when you have it, come back."

I told him that I was the only one who had ever seen his card and nobody had any chances of knowing the number, but he insisted that I can't get a new card until I come up with the number somehow. I kept saying, "So that means he can never in his life have a social security card and we'll never know his number?" And he kept answering, "No. I told you already, go ask your family if any of them remember the number." At wits end

I finally asked to speak to his manager who said they could give it to me if I have ID for him. They settled for his insurance card, and I got his social security card. Then I found the old one.

Gold Member Joined: Sep 13 2010 Posts: 2128

A high school teacher told my mother by PTA, all your daughters are beautiful; your husband must be handsome Shocked

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Silver Member Joined: Aug 23 2010 Posts: 570

My neighbor, a very stingy man in his 60's was notified on his way to work that his mother had passed away. During shiva he complained, "what a shame that I had already paid for the train ride when I got the news".

Posted: Wed, Jan 11 2012, 11:19 pm Post subject:

I don't know if this a joke or true, but it's a good one anyways.
A man yelled into his cell phone: "I told you I'll call you back in 5 minutes! Why do you keep bothering me every quarter hour?!?"

Silver Member Joined: Oct 07 2009 Posts: 612

This one is similar to the bookstore one.
In the cafeteria at my high school half a falafel was 2.25$ and a whole one was 5$, people who ordered 2 halves got yelled at.
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Posted: Thu, Jan 12 2012, 12:09 am Post subject:

I met a woman I haven't met in a hundred years. Not a friend, not family, just someone I know by far.

She says how old's your baby? I said, one year.
Her answer: oh and youre not up to your next one yet?

Posted: Thu, Jan 12 2012, 12:17 am Post subject:

DH and I once made a phone call to a very professional company and the phone rep, in her puerto Rican accent kept excusing herself:
"sorry but the updation on your file will take a few moments.....I'm gonna go ahead and start the updation...."

We kept asking her if the updation is finally done!! Very Happy

She repeated that word about seven times and I couldn't catch my breath from laughter....

Senior Member Joined: Aug 14 2008 Posts: 119

I am 2 days post-partum struggling up the stairs and my grandma of 5 children asks " whats wrong"?

Posted: Thu, Jan 12 2012, 2:52 am Post subject:

As a mother of twins, I often get strange comments in relation to the kids:

The new rebetzin of my parents' shul was keen to be introduced to all my kids, and asked each one in turn how old they were. She got down to the twins and I told her that the baby I was holding was 8 months old, she remarked "Oh, how lovely! And how old is her twin sister?"

Shortly after they were born, I took the twins out on a short walk. We met an acquaintance, and stopped to talk for a while. she asked me about the girls and I told her they are identicals. She then pointed to the baby who was wearing pale blue, and said "but this one's a boy, right?"