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Weirdest thing you've explained to a total stranger?

LoriFalceLoriFalce member
in Babies: 9 - 12 Months

That my zip code really was 16666.

I had a guy get pisssy with me at CompUSA about it once. "You don't have to lie, MA'AM! It's not like someone's going to call you!"

Well, no, jackasss, not if all they have is my zip code. You'd have to be pretty f#$%ing determined to scroll through every phone in town to find me that way. I finally had to pull out my wallet and prove it. Then he was just pisssy because he looked like an ass.

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  • changingnameschangingnames member
    I would have loved to see that- he must have felt like such an arse.  I guess I'm an arse for getting of on making him feel an arse.
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  • JuneMommy2BJuneMommy2B
    I have to explain my last name all the time.  It's a woman's first name, and everytime someone asks, I tell them my name, spell it for them, and say "just like the womens name".  Then they say, "No, what's your last name".  I know what the term "last name" means, fools.  I got into a 5 minute argument with a sales lady over it once.  She kept insisting that it could not possibly be my last name, despite my driver's license and passport to back up my crazy story!  I miss my maiden name so badly...
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  • jennhawkjennhawk
    Yesterday at the hardware store, I had to explain, in Spanish, that I wanted two rods, to keep the laundry room door open, but not very much, so the baby cannot get in, but the cat can get in to use her litter box. Before I left (with my rods!) four different guys who worked there were laughing about it.
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  • Tess12Tess12 member

    Several years ago I went on a trip with a friend.  We have very similar names.  Our last names both started with "Mc" and our first names are variations of the same name (Think: Susan/Suzanne).  We gave our ID to the security guy at the airport and he got very confused.  He kept saying, "Wait.  You have the same name?  How can you have the same name?  Hey, Harry, come here.  These two women have the same name." 

    We had to point out the differences in our names on our IDs.  My friend kept saying, "They're different names!  Similar, but not the same!"  And, yes, we were running late for our flight at the time.

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  • Descanso*BrideDescanso*Bride

    I deal with the first-name-as-a-last name thing all the time.  My maiden name was a man's first name and now my married name is an even more common man's first name!

    Both my husband and I have first names that can also be last names, just to make it more confusing.  We have both had to deal with it our entire lives, so we tried to make sure that DS had a first name that is traditionally only a first name!

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