Remembering back when an employer assumed I knew something.

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I was working with people whose I.Q.s were 60 and under. The Director of one of the houses told me to go help a client take a taxi. I asked the Director who was going to help me? I'd never taken a taxi in my life. Why? $26 each way where I live. Why would I spend $52 on a taxi when I have a car or could pay a friend $10? Also I could walk a lot of places. Back then, I could ride a bicycle lots of places. So anyway, the Director of the house where they lived was pretty cool,"She actually knows how to do it. Just make sure she dials the right number, tells them our location and the location where she's going, and asks how much it is." The Director was right, the young lady I was working with did know how to do it. So I learned something from a client one day. This came in handy later on. I lived in our local city for a short period of time. My car broke down and I still needed to get to work. So I called a cab and used the same outline. Just dial the right number, tell them where you are and where you're going to. How much will that be? So then you bring the right amount of money plus a little tip. So the experience did come in handy years later. Did you ever have a boss that assumed you knew how to do something? How did that work out? Was the boss understanding? I've since worked in places where bosses thought you were stupid if you didn't know how to do something. So no one wanted to ask any questions and that made for quite the disasters sometimes. So what has been your experience on this topic?