You Big Dork!

United States
December 6, 2008 8:25pm CST
I was just at another discussion, and was telling the OP what a dingbat I was. Well, I didn't say that in so many words, just related it through my response. But, it made me think of something else. One day, on my way home from work, I stopped at a little store for something. I walked in, the guy at the counter said Hi, W. How are ya today? Fine, thanks. How are you? Good thanks. As I walked down the aisle to pick up whatever I stopped for, I realized the guy had called me by name. I kind of frowned to myself. How the heck did he know my name? I gathered my stuff and headed for the counter. I paid for it and headed out the door. Thanks, have a good day, W. I stopped dead in my tracks, turned around and looked at the guy for a minute, then asked, How the heck do you know my name? He laughed, and shrugged. I just shook my head and left. When I got home, and started to change my clothes. I had not taken my name tag off that day. All I could think was, You Big Dork! Now, it's your turn. Tell me something you have done that made you look like a big dork.
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11 responses
@James72 (26790)
• Australia
7 Dec 08
Well firstly Bo, I don't think you really needed to be telling the OP what a dingbat you are because it's pretty clear already! I remember reading a story about a dumb criminal that robbed a bank with a motorcycle helmet on and was caught by Police only minutes after arriving home with the money. He couldn't work out how the hell they knew who he was until the Police pointd out that the hlemet he was wearing had his first and last name stenclilled across the front above the visor! You aren't related are you? As for my own moments, I generally look like a big dork the second I walk out the front door I think! But one of the more obvious moments I can recall at this time was when I was pulled over for speeding one time. I was asked for my licence (which I thought I gave) and the Policeman went over to his car to check my details. He came back a minute or so later quite annoyed because I had actually given him my ATM card! lol. I wonder if he thought I may have been hinting at wanting to bribe him?
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• United States
7 Dec 08
*LOL* Well, how dumb of him was it not to even look at it until he went back to his car? Oh, I know I didn't need to tell anybody what a dingbat I am, but I am Captain Obvious, didn't you know that?
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
7 Dec 08
Yeah, I knew that in my own way too Bo, I just didn;t have a tilte for it like "Captain Oblivious" as you do! lol. By the way, I think you have managed to attract a Rocket Scientist in the next response too! Congrats on getting your ranking as 3rd back as well.
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• Australia
7 Dec 08
The first one that came to mind is verbal, and I'm not sure I can translate it to visual, but I'll try. It was in a literature tutorial at one of my early, unsuccessful attempts at uni, and we were told to read Faust. I was asked to comment first, but never having heard the author's name spoken, I pronounced it phonetically, and put the whole class into hysterics. Go easy with a lisp - Goeathey - when, of course, it should be pronounced Gurter. Lash
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• United States
7 Dec 08
Oh, dear, did you want to crawl under your chair? *L* I would have, I think. Crawled under the desk or something, not just want to.
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@riyasam (16556)
• India
7 Dec 08
we had some guests.my mom asked me to get some mintleaves.i without thinking anything,went to the nearby store to get some and to think they were in our home balcony.(we grow some as a potted plant).now i think in this case no adjective would suit me other than dork.
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@riyasam (16556)
• India
7 Dec 08
i was a bit absent minded at that time and am no less now.
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• United States
7 Dec 08
*LOL* So, you do things like that, too. I don't know whether to chide you or be disappointed. I REALLY thought you were the one who had it together ALL the time!
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@ronaldinu (12422)
• Malta
7 Dec 08
That is a funny story! It means that you have left a big impact on this guy to read your tag and be called by your name. You must feel honoured :) I have made quite a few that I am afraid that others will change their perspective of me. © ronaldinu 2008
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• United States
7 Dec 08
Oh, please, do tell? We all do it, from time to time, let the rest of us laugh at you............ummmm, errrr, I mean, let the rest of us laugh WITH you!
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@Rosekitty (19368)
• San Marcos, Texas
7 Dec 08
Morning W..lol... Ok I came to Mylot thinking i'd look around and see whats up but never thought i'd meet the biggest dorks here..they spy on you,stalk you and even sometime email and call me brownie lady..now whats up with that?
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• United States
7 Dec 08
*Shrugs* I am not sure. I don't know anybody that does that!
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@mariposaman (2959)
• Canada
7 Dec 08
One guy got famous by always wearing his name tag. "Hello my name is Scott" http://www.hellomynameisscott.com/landing.aspx I cannot remember doing stupid things but I am sure I have done stupid things when I don't remember to do something.
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• United States
7 Dec 08
Oh, yeah, Scott. I remember him. I wonder if that would work for me?*L*
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@makingpots (11915)
• United States
15 Jan 09
Dork that I am used to go to work wearing mismatched shoes on a regular basis. It was when I used to dress up for work, heels and the whole nine yards. It was very common for me to put on one of two different shoes to look in the mirror and decide which one looked better with the outfit. Yeah, you guessed it..... then I would forget to switch to the matching shoe. This happened to me often enough that I finally bought a stand pair of black heels just to leave at the office for just such days.
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• United States
15 Jan 09
*LOL* I never did that, but then again, when I worked in the lab, I only wore tennis shoes and I only had one pair, so...... I did go to work with my pants backwards one day. Hey! They were scrub pants, ok!? The only way to tell the difference in the front and the back on mine were there were pockets on the front. I was running late and didn't pay any attention. It took two trips to the bathroom to figure out why they were feeling kind of weird.
@sharra1 (6340)
• Australia
7 Dec 08
But that's not fair as my memory is terrible and I am sure there are lots and I cannot remember anything any more. I live my life in a blank world and occasionally I will remember something and write it in my word document and maybe make a discussion about it. I hate name tags and always try to avoid wearing them. Oh its no use my mind is as blank as a blank sheet of paper with no lines. I give up.
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• United States
7 Dec 08
*LOL* Ok, no problem there. I have done that a few times. Fortunately, it was in this interest group and my response didn't have to make sense. I took advantage of that.*L*
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@dawnald (85137)
• Shingle Springs, California
9 Dec 08
Well, a long, long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, there was a song playing by Ricky Nelson. His voice, for anybody who remembers, somewhat, ever so slightly sounds like Bobby Sherman, who was (among other things) on "Here Come the Brides". And I made a comment about the song being by Bobby Sherman who hardly anybody remembers. Of course the guy in the car with me corrected me. Oh well.
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@dawnald (85137)
• Shingle Springs, California
9 Dec 08
"I'm a believer"...
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• United States
15 Dec 08
I know that one! The Beatles, right?*LOL*
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• United States
9 Dec 08
Heehee. I am terrible with names of songs and who sang them, Dawn. Every time a Monkees song comes on, Hubby looks over at me and asks, Who is that? I tell him, The Beatles. I know it's not, but that is what comes out, every time.
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@Thumper11 (662)
• United States
7 Dec 08
My first real job was at walmart. Ok... this was back in the day of the big blue goofy vests that had "how may I help you?" written on the backs in big bold letters. I was 19. I am now 26, so it's been a few years.... anywho... The carnival was in town and I am from a very small town in KY. My best friend and I had made plans that I was gonna pick her up on my way through from work and head to the carnival..... So I was in a hurry when I left. I pulled up at her house, she got in, we were off to the carnival... mind you I'm from a small town and everyone and their brothers and their retarded cousins, who live in the basement.... It's kind of like the carnival freaks come to the carnival. LOL! Anywho... we get there and get out and walk around. Well, all of these guys kept giving us perverted looks and making rude gestures and comments. We are used to that... we are both pretty small framed girls with D sized chests, so we just shrugged it off at first. Then my boyfriend at the time comes up to us and says "I'll tell you EXACTLY how YOU can help ME." Well, ok... he's a big perv anyway, but the way he said it, set me off guard. My best friend and I looked at each other and we both burst out laughing. Neither one of us had realized that I still had that stupid vest on.... DUH! I also had my name tag on too. Now we joke about it. One of our friends also worked there and one of our guy friends would walk in all of the time with her vest on and a pair of Buddy Holly glasses and pull pranks all of the time.... He would also wear her walmart vest into Krogers and ask stupid questions... so It's kinda a group thing for us I guess... I felt like an idiot that day though.
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• United States
7 Dec 08
*LOL* Thanks for the laugh. That is too funny. I think I would have tried to dig a hole in the ground and crawl in it, pulling the dirt in over me.
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• Bangladesh
7 Dec 08
thanks
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