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WHAT WAS THE WEIRDEST QUESTION YOU WERE ASKED?

Lindsays Grandma — Fri, 13 Dec 2019 04:48:44 GMT

Back in the seventies while living in the San Fernando Valley, CA I was employed as the secretary to a Vice President with the American Heart Association at one of their satellite locations.

The phones never stopped ringing. We did have volunteers to help, however, they didn't always have the answer to a question and in those cases I would step in to take a call. Little did I know the following was going to take me not only completely by surprise, but flabbergasted as well.

I introduced myself to a lady on the other end of the phone and asked how I could help her. She in turn asked me the following question:

"My husband recently had a heart attack and can you tell me how long we have to wait, or when can we have sex?"

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Foxxee — Fri, 13 Dec 2019 05:18:22 GMT

Actually, it's a common question cardiac patients ask their doctors. Maybe, this lady was embarrassed to ask the doctor. She could have been asking for her husband who also was embarrassed.

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Lindsays Grandma — Fri, 13 Dec 2019 06:25:26 GMT

@Foxxee wrote:
Actually, it's a common question cardiac patients ask their doctors. Maybe, this lady was embarrassed to ask the doctor. She could have been asking for her husband who also was embarrassed.

@Foxxee I suggested she speak with her husband's doctor, that would be the logical person to ask simply because 1. We are not qualified to answer medical questions, 2. We are not licensed to answer medical questions.

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Foxxee — Fri, 13 Dec 2019 06:27:23 GMT

@Lindsays Grandma wrote:
@Foxxee wrote:
Actually, it's a common question cardiac patients ask their doctors. Maybe, this lady was embarrassed to ask the doctor. She could have been asking for her husband who also was embarrassed.
@Foxxee I suggested she speak with her husband's doctor, that would be the logical person to ask simply because 1. We are not qualified to answer medical questions, 2. We are not licensed to answer medical questions.

@Lindsays Grandma

Wise advice.

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Carmie — Fri, 13 Dec 2019 06:33:54 GMT

When my first born was around a year old, I stopped in a grocery store on the way home from a party. We were both dressed up. She was wearing a pink frilly dress and a white bonnnet with pink ribbon and small pink roses on the trim, white lacy socks and white Mary Jane shoes.

I struck up a quick conversation with a lady in her late 40's in the check out line. I remember that she commented that my baby was beautiful. I thanked her and then she asked if the child was a boy or girl.

I didn't know if she was serious or just kidding...and was quiet for a few seconds. So, she asked again. Finally, I asked if she would dress up a boy in a pink dress and frilly bonnet and she said of course not..so I said, neither would I.

Then she asked the baby's name. When I told her, she said, "So, your baby is a girl?"

I answered " No, he is a boy." She said she was confused. I paid for my things and left. I still don't know if she was serious or not, but her questions were weird.

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Desertdi — Fri, 13 Dec 2019 08:52:34 GMT

A co-worker asked me, "Why are you so short?"

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qualitygal — Fri, 13 Dec 2019 09:15:12 GMT

@Lindsays Grandma wrote:
@Foxxee wrote:
Actually, it's a common question cardiac patients ask their doctors. Maybe, this lady was embarrassed to ask the doctor. She could have been asking for her husband who also was embarrassed.
@Foxxee I suggested she speak with her husband's doctor, that would be the logical person to ask simply because 1. We are not qualified to answer medical questions, 2. We are not licensed to answer medical questions.

How'd she answer that one?

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qualitygal — Fri, 13 Dec 2019 09:19:18 GMT

I have to say that these are the type of questions that makes you do a double take. It's an I.Q. test no doubt, or you're on Candid Camera. I think the "pink" one was so funny. Those two posts just cracked me up. It's like, "why is there air?"

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Lisa Y — Fri, 13 Dec 2019 10:59:19 GMT

Back in the eighties, when I was bar hopping with friends, a guy came up to me and ask, "Is that REALLY your hair?" Granted, I have very thick hair and back then, I moussed it up and used a lot of Aqua Net hairspray. But still, a weird pick up line.

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CalminHeart — Fri, 13 Dec 2019 11:43:31 GMT

I work parttime in customer service in a small suburb. This suburb is not well liked because they have ridiculously low speed zones along with speed cameras and speed traps. I answered the phone and a woman was mad because she got a ticket and angrily asked us to pay for it since she had been shopping at our store.

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jubilant — Fri, 13 Dec 2019 12:33:39 GMT

I wouldn't say it was weird but a child asked me once, "do worms have mouths to eat" and "do worms go poo"?

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Meowingkitty — Fri, 13 Dec 2019 12:39:55 GMT

Right after I got married my coworkers at the time asked me the typical "So, are you pregnant yet?" Or "When are you going to have a baby?" When I would tell them we weren't having kids the looks of astonishment I got. This was in the 70's.

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QVCkitty1 — Fri, 13 Dec 2019 12:52:12 GMT

@Meowingkitty wrote:
Right after I got married my coworkers at the time asked me the typical "So, are you pregnant yet?" Or "When are you going to have a baby?" When I would tell them we weren't having kids the looks of astonishment I got. This was in the 70's.

I have never understood why anyone thinks it's all right to ask that question. 🤦‍♀️

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drizzellla — Fri, 13 Dec 2019 13:16:01 GMT

My son had braces. He only had them on for a little over a year because there wasn't much to correct.

So we went out to breakfast one day with my Mother, after he got his braces removed. She said to my son "are those teeth real"?

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fancy pantsy — Fri, 13 Dec 2019 13:37:48 GMT

when i was working as a telephone receptionist, i was frequently complimented on my phone voice, but the weirdest caller was the one who said "are you a real person?" after i answered and identified. LOL

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NigelSparkles — Fri, 13 Dec 2019 13:50:45 GMT

I was sitting in for the receptionist at work, a car dealership. A woman came to the door and asked "how far is it to Disney World from here?". We were in New Jersey.

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Carmie — Fri, 13 Dec 2019 13:57:03 GMT

This is a weird question that was asked of my mother a lot. I remember laughing about it as a child.

Often people would ask my mother if she knew she had two different colored eyes. One eye was very blue and the other one was hazel.

One time my brother answered the question and said something like "OMG, we had no idea, Mom, did you know?" We burst out laughing.

My mother told us to not be so rude to people, but we still couldn't help but to laugh at the stupidity of it.

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sweetee2 — Fri, 13 Dec 2019 14:24:15 GMT

I was grocery shopping with my husband and a women came up to us and ask me if I was interested in a weight lose program.

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Forbidden Fruit — Fri, 13 Dec 2019 14:40:06 GMT

At my mother's funeral, a relative asked me if she could take my mother's wedding band off before they bury her. If I could have knocked her out, I would have.

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Suzeecat — Fri, 13 Dec 2019 14:52:00 GMT

I haven't thought of any questions as weird as some of those mentioned here, but it sure is an entertaining thread!

Back in the 70s I wore contact lenses. When they first came out, they were very hard plastic, and you had to gradually increase your wear time so that your eyelids would "toughen up". My eyes were always bloodshot, and a few times people would ask me if I was high.