How many stupid people did you encounter today?

Not as many as I did.

1. Mr. Blabblypants.
In the middle of a horrendous Monday, I flopped down on one of the couches in the student lounge and closed my eyes to enjoy my first solitary moment of the day. In walks Mr. Blabblypants who proceeds to ask me useless questions:

me: (upon seeing soon-to-be-Blabblypants walk in) **sigh**

MBP: Hi! What program are you in??

me: MFT, PsyD (I open one eye and glare slightly)

MBP: Oh cool! Where are you from??

I proceed with a similar response, terse and clearly annoyed. Mr. Blabbypants apparently realizes this:

MBP: Ha! Here I am asking you all these questions...

me: ...and I'm trying to sleep!


2. Little miss know-it-all
I began teaching undergraduates which has become more work, and more irritation, then I anticipated. Today:

Student: So my friends, sisters', cousins', boyfriend who she broke up with last week has an aunt who manages a pet store and she hired her brother who is a sex offender, can you believe that?? I mean there are kids in that store!

me (and the rest of the class): Well... it's a pet store... so technically he's not in direct contact with children...

Student: Yeah, but he is around kids all the time!

me (and the rest of the class): Yeah... but if they didn't hire him based on the fact that he was a sex offender, he could sue the company for discrimination...

Student: But he's around kids all the time!

me: **sigh**


3. The person who thought my lunch pail had a baby in it

Stupid Person #3: Hey, you got a baby in there?!?! (motions to my lunch pail)

me: (pause to assess if the question was in fact what I thought I heard) In there?? (points to lunch pail)

SP3: Yeah! It looks like you do!

me: Um, it's a lunch pail, I don't have any kids...?

SP3: No, not a baby, like a baby, like a dog.

me: I don't have a dog either...?

**sigh**