How come ....

[Karen]

(As a child, I was told I asked tooo many questions. I'd spend the time after 'lights out' asking my sister 'what if' questions. I clearly remember at least one reply of "What if nothing, go to SLEEP!)


So lets have a thread for those kind of questions - and answers if anyone has them.


My first:

How come spammers think I want a list of dentists or doctors? I don't GET that!

[pomtzu]

How come spammers think I want a list of dentists or doctors? I don't GET that!

Probably for the same reason that they seem to think I need Viagra!!! :eek:

[Genny]

I use to wonder why when you go into a fast-food place if you order a meal for there they put it on a tray, but if you order a kid's meal for there-no matter what they put it in a bag. Why do they do that if it's for there? They don't put regualr meals in a bag.

[cassiesmom]

Why am I getting such frequent mailings from Direct TV and AT&T U-verse ... and why does my Comcast cable bill keep going up?

[moosmom]

I always wonder why, when in the mall, I'm approached by a salesman asking me if I'm interested in gutters for my house or aluminum siding. Hellllooooooo!!! I rent!! DUH!!

[boomersooner]

I wonder why the drive thru ATM's have braille on them.....

[anna_66]

Why Jimmie Johnson has to win the Championship 4 times in a row:o

[Catty1]

I wonder why the drive thru ATM's have braille on them.....

ROFL!!!

Actually...I am sure some folks who read braille use the drive thru as a walk-thru also - but yeah, sure sounds funny! :D

[cassiesmom]

I always wonder why, when in the mall, I'm approached by a salesman asking me if I'm interested in gutters for my house or aluminum siding. Hellllooooooo!!! I rent!! DUH!!

Why does the TCF Bank guy at the Jewel keep asking me if I want to open a checking account there? You've asked me twice, I've said no twice ... I'm sorry, I don't.

[Karen]

Actually the Braille on the drive-thru ATMs is probably mandated by law for equal access, in case someone does walk up, or get driven up. Barring that, they probably make the same exact machine for walk-up and drive-up locations, so it's easier to make the same machine for all spots than to retool to make some without braille.

[Medusa]

Tim Allen asked this question and it's always bothered me, too: why is there a light in the vacuum cleaner? I'm not going to vacuum in the dark and it sure doesn't make things any brighter during the day.

[kokopup]

How come it is impossible to talk to a real person rather than some stupid voice recognition software that ask you the wrong questions or doesn't understand your response to their questions. ATT is the worst and after you finally talk to a person "IN PERSON" it is the wrong person.:mad::mad:

[Laura's Babies]

I want to know WHY most people have to cover their food with something.. ranch dressing, steak sauce, ketsup, margrine, ect?

[happylabs]

Why do we park our cars on the driveway and drive on a parkway?

[Karen]

How come when just about any large sporting event or award show is on, broadcasters assume we're "all" watching it, and only show reruns?

[Asiel]

I always wonder when ordering at a restaurant and we're full after only eating a quarter of our food , why do we feel we have to finish the plate?
Thankfully a habit I've finally managed to break.

[Husky_mom]

why do here.. is you ask for a quesadilla.. they ask.. "with cheese?".. come on.. quesadillas = cheese

weird people here...:rolleyes:

[sparks19]

well I have a thread with this question in it already but it fits here too lol

How does ONE shoe end up in the middle of the road? I see this all the time. how did someone not realize they lost ONE shoe. how did it get there?

[Karen]

Hee hee, someone I know has said his cousins used to try to throw another cousin's shoe out the window when they were in the car on road trips, and sometimes it would happen on somewhere like an exit ramp where their parents thought it was too dangerous to go back and get it!

I have also seen people set a pair of shoes on the roof of their car while they opened the door and forget them there and drive off - usually "dress shoes" and they're wearing sneakers ... so I am betting both shoes ended up at the side of the road, but maybe around different corners!

[happylabs]

why do here.. is you ask for a quesadilla.. they ask.. "with cheese?".. come on.. quesadillas = cheese

weird people here...:rolleyes:

That is as weird as around here we call a submarine sandwich that has cheese melted on it a cosmo. So you order a tuna cosmo and they say is that with cheese...duh?!?

[RICHARD]

why do here.. is you ask for a quesadilla.. they ask.. "with cheese?".. come on.. quesadillas = cheese

weird people here...:rolleyes:

Gente tonta?

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I always go into my Mexican markets and try to talk to the cashiers in Spanish to practice and they answer me in English?;)

[Pembroke_Corgi]

Why do bad illnesses tend to strike on weekends (and usually at night)?

[Karen]

Why do bad illnesses tend to strike on weekends (and usually at night)?

The same reason pet injuries tend to happen at, say, 11:30 on a Monday night*, or 8 a.m. on a Sunday ...

*that's the time it was when Miss Hoppy broke her leg so badly as a baby bunny ...

[kokopup]

I have always been amazed that after hours of driving on the interstate, with the windows up, all of a sudden you are being buzzed by a fly. Where did it come from. Once it starts buzzing, you can't get it out even with all the windows down.:mad:

[cassiesmom]

It's mid-November, it's 45 degrees outside ... and ... there's a fly buzzing around the window across from my desk?! How did it get in?

[K9karen]

I have always been amazed that after hours of driving on the interstate, with the windows up, all of a sudden you are being buzzed by a fly. Where did it come from. Once it starts buzzing, you can't get it out even with all the windows down.:mad:


I had a HUGE wasp appear on my dashboard one day. It flew in the back of the car, I opened all 4 windows. it buzzed at the top of one of the OPEN windows, decided to fly back in front and crawl into my air vent. All while I'm driving. Three days later, it's back at the window, which I opened, of course. No luck. And I'm zooming down the turnpike. I finally stopped at a gas station, windows open, no wind, and it flew out. It was so strange (and dangerous)

[K9karen]

why do here.. is you ask for a quesadilla.. they ask.. "with cheese?".. come on.. quesadillas = cheese

weird people here...:rolleyes:

My kingdom for a quesadilla with TONS of cheese!!!! LOVE them!
The only question i get asked is, chicken, meat or vegetarian. Maybe you should come here for a cheesey one? :p

[Medusa]

It's mid-November, it's 45 degrees outside ... and ... there's a fly buzzing around the window across from my desk?! How did it get in?

And speaking of flies, etc., how come a wasp stung me in November?! I was frying bacon and felt the sting but thought it was a bacon grease burn but I looked at my arm and there the little bugger was; he stung through my sweater and my Tshirt. I'm glad that he got me and not one of the Fur Posse, though, especially Yodie.

[pomtzu]

Speaking of flies.....

There are a couple in the house that are driving me crazy, and I can't get rid of them.

Why do flies disappear as soon as you pick up the fly swatter???? :confused:

[Genny]

Speaking of flies.....

There are a couple in the house that are driving me crazy, and I can't get rid of them.

Why do flies disappear as soon as you pick up the fly swatter???? :confused:

EXACTLY! Do they know what it's for?

[Pinot's Mom]

EXACTLY! Do they know what it's for?

or...why do they only appear when you are "otherwise occupied" in the loo??

[sparks19]

Anyone notice they bleep the strangest things on TV?

Like why do they bleep the HOLE but not the A part before it? or the God instead of the D that comes after?

anyone else find that wierd?

[lvpets2002]

:) Like I have always wondered is with Dog & Cat.. Why is the female dog a bitch & the male dog is just a dog.. And why is the male cat a tom & the female cat is just a cat??

[kokopup]

Why have Americans chosen to use the phrase "how Come" when "why" conveys the same question?

[Karen]

Why have Americans chosen to use the phrase "how Come" when "why" conveys the same question?

I don't see anything wrong with using "How come" ... after all, one would also have to use another word with "Why" like "why do ..." in many instances.

Why do people become much ruder drivers during the "holiday" season?

[RICHARD]

You look for the XXXXXXX in the pantry, do not find it.
You go to the store, buy another.
You come home to put your new XXXXXXX, move a can/jar and there is the old XXXXXXXX?

[mruffruff]

Richard's been watching me.:rolleyes: I have several XXXX in the cupboard now.




Why do people e-mail when a phone call would be better? I have a couple of business people who send me e-mails to ask questions (like what the mailing address is, did I send their report, etc.) when they can call our 800 line for a quicker answer.

[Catherinedana]

Why do people e-mail when a phone call would be better? I have a couple of business people who send me e-mails to ask questions (like what the mailing address is, did I send their report, etc.) when they can call our 800 line for a quicker answer.



Email gave us phonaphobes an easy way out. . .I hate to make phone calls and will often email when a call would actually be easier. I have try to overcome it but the phone makes me very nervous. I've gotten much better as I get older but there are times when I just can't face picking up the phone. . .

[RICHARD]

Richard's been watching me.:rolleyes: I have several XXXX in the cupboard now.




Why do people e-mail when a phone call would be better? I have a couple of business people who send me e-mails to ask questions (like what the mailing address is, did I send their report, etc.) when they can call our 800 line for a quicker answer.

Let me guess?:eek::)

Baking stuff. I own a whole forest of cinnamon containers.;)

[Medusa]

Why do people e-mail when a phone call would be better?

Yes, I don't get that either. A friend of mine wasn't receiving my replies to her email for some reason so rather than call me to see what was up, she emailed several of our mutual friends to ask if they'd heard from me and if I was alright. To complicate matters, those friends in turn emailed me! Why she/they couldn't pick up the phone and call me is ridiculous, especially if they thought there might be a problem!

[mruffruff]

And why do bosses think they can stand at your desk and have a loud conversation while you're trying to answer phones? They have offices for that.



Actually, Richard, it could be anything! Toothpaste, toilet paper, butter, dog food, etc.

[RICHARD]

Actually, Richard, it could be anything! Toothpaste, toilet paper, butter, dog food, etc.

I know I was just guessing!:eek::)

[kokopup]

Speaking of thing's that irritate you about your Boss. Back Before I retired it used to make me mad when I called my Boss, while out of town, because he would invarable put you on the speaker phone. He always had a office full of people and I think he did this just to keep you off guard. He knew if you had Personal concerns you would wait rather than broadcast them to the world. This
was his way of avoiding issues people in the field may have.:mad:

[Karen]

That brings up another - why do people on speaker phone pretend the person on the other end cannot tell? There's always ambient room noise, and echoes - and it's just annoying!

[pomtzu]

Regarding the issue of the drug info sheets that are enclosed with your prescritptions....

How about the one that comes with a prescription for sleeping pills:
"Do not drive or operate machinery until you know how this drug will affect you".

Sure - I'm going to take a sleeping pill and then go out and drive my car. DUH!!! :rolleyes::eek:

[lvpets2002]

:D Now thats too Funny.. Still a Chuckling here..:p But you would prob be surprised..
Regarding the issue of the drug info sheets that are enclosed with your prescritptions....

How about the one that comes with a prescription for sleeping pills:
"Do not drive or operate machinery until you know how this drug will affect you".

Sure - I'm going to take a sleeping pill and then go out and drive my car. DUH!!! :rolleyes::eek:

[Pinot's Mom]

Speaking of thing's that irritate you about your Boss. Back Before I retired it used to make me mad when I called my Boss, while out of town, because he would invarable put you on the speaker phone. He always had a office full of people and I think he did this just to keep you off guard. He knew if you had Personal concerns you would wait rather than broadcast them to the world. This
was his way of avoiding issues people in the field may have.:mad:

I don't care who it is - I WILL NOT speak with anyone on a speaker phone. It's rude. I deal with it in business on occasion and I just tell people; please pick up the phone, I don't talk on speaker.

[gini]

I received a letter for a client from the IRS. I called the IRS to deal with the problem. Why did it take a 20 minute wait to reach an agent? I put my phone on speaker until someone came on the line. I had to deal with the problem and I wanted to get it out of the way.

When I finally did get a real person I got transferred over and over because no one knew how to deal with the problem. The total time was over 45 minutes and the final agent was a supervisor who really wasn't sure what to tell me either. We came up with hopefully the right answer to respond to the letter.

[kokopup]

cassiesmom
Why am I getting such frequent mailings from Direct TV and AT&T U-verse ... and why does my Comcast cable bill keep going up?


I have a similar issue however I keep getting frequent mailings from Comcast and AT&T U-verse, trying to get me to change over to them, and constant emails from DirectV reminding me that Because of my 15 years of service I'm getting a $5 reduction for 10 months. I think I have been reminded at least 20 times plus 2 customer surveys about how great directV is. I switched to U-verse internet a few months back thinking I will eventually go to U-verse for both internet and TV. Because of the problems I have had with ATT customer service I will probably just stay with Directv. When I call them at least I can talk to a real person with 10-15 minutes. With ATT&T when you do get to a real person they can't help you because thats a different department. Trouble is you never get the right one. RANT:mad:

[Genny]

This is kinda like the phone question...but why do people text back and forth so much? Why don't they ever just call? There has been people who I've texted back and forth all day long-and we never talk on the phone-just texting all day lol. I don't get it? I know I do it too though...guess maybe it's easier cause you can actually pause a moment and think about what you're gonna say back...

[Karen]

That's easy - although I am not a texter - you can text silently, so no one around you can overhear like they can with a phone call. Same thing with emails - not only can I email more quietly than a phone call, I can send an email while someone is asleep or away, and know it will be seen when they are ready to see it.

My cell phone plan doesn't even include texting, I never got in the habit.

[Moesha]

Why, or how come as the thread topic states, can I do all of my laundry and hang everything up. Then the next time I wash and dry clothes I don't have enough clothes hangers? It seems to happen every time!

[sparks19]

Why, or how come as the thread topic states, can I do all of my laundry and hang everything up. Then the next time I wash and dry clothes I don't have enough clothes hangers? It seems to happen every time!

they are running away with the socks

[K9karen]

Yeah, well today, while at the grocery store (a large chain), I suddenly had an "ooh, ooh" moment and made a mad dash to the ladies loo. Spotless, smelled good, ran into the first stall, and lo and behold! no toilet tissue. Yikes!

So how come when it's an emergency, there's never any of the important stuff??? :mad:

[kokopup]

k9karen
Yeah, well today, while at the grocery store (a large chain), I suddenly had an "ooh, ooh" moment and made a mad dash to the ladies loo. Spotless, smelled good, ran into the first stall, and lo and behold! no toilet tissue. Yikes!

So how come when it's an emergency, there's never any of the important stuff???


You said it was spotless and smelled good, isn't having paper asking a little to much. Two out of three isnt bad.:D

[sparks19]

They used all the TP to clean the place :)

My personal favorite product warning is a tie between har dryers and curling irons. the curling iron states "do NOT insert into any orifice" uh... OUCH?

and the blow dryer states "do not use while sleeping" hmmm that seems a rather ineffective way to do ones hair. Imagine what it would look like after it's dried like that? do people really DO these things? lol

[Catherinedana]

How come the bird seed that I buy for my budgies smells like a bowling alley?

[RICHARD]

How come the bird seed that I buy for my budgies smells like a bowling alley?

I have the dirtiest joke for that line......:eek::rolleyes::D

[kokopup]

sparks19
My personal favorite product warning is a tie between har dryers and curling irons. the curling iron states "do NOT insert into any orifice" uh... OUCH?

and the blow dryer states "do not use while sleeping" hmmm that seems a rather ineffective way to do ones hair. Imagine what it would look like after it's dried like that? do people really DO these things? lol
__________________

Every warning that ends up on products is because someone tried to do what they are warning against.

Years ago my wife was using her lady Schick razor that she had plugged into the power receptacle that was on the bath room light fixture over the mirror. She was very short so she had used a chair to plug in the razor. After shaving she had to unplug the razor so she pulls up the chair. She had unplug the razor from the cord so she had the razor in one hand and the cord in the other. While standing in the chair she realizes that she doesn't have a free hand to unplug the cord from the receptacle. What do you think she did with the cord. Right, she put it in her mouth. From the next room I hear this blood curding scream. When I arrived she was flat in the floor laying there with her tongue out and her hand clasp on it's tip. It wasn't enough that she put the cord end in her mouth, she had to fondle it with her tongue.:rolleyes::D

[Catherinedana]

I have the dirtiest joke for that line......:eek::rolleyes::D

PM me

[K9karen]

I have the dirtiest joke for that line......:eek::rolleyes::D

I expected no less. You know my email address toots.

[K9karen]

They used all the TP to clean the place

No tp in the stall I ran into. The other were filled..I checked.
Was able to make a quick getaway into the next stall. P.O'd as he**.

[pomtzu]

It's bad enough to get a ton of junk mail and solicitations that have your name on the envelope, but why do they have to plaster your name on the pages of all the junk inside those envelopes? Not only do I have to shred the envelope, but now most everything inside too. :(

They all must be in cahoots with the companies that make shredders. The more you have to shred - the quicker they will wear out! :rolleyes::mad:

[Moesha]

How come the buffet at the Chinese restaurant has tacos?

[kokopup]

Moesha
How come the buffet at the Chinese restaurant has tacos?

http://www.recipezaar.com/Chinese-Tacos-Low-Carb-112065

[Pinot's Mom]

How come the best jarred Mole sauce (which is Mexican) my husband can find is at the Korean grocery?:confused:

[mruffruff]

How come your dog, after 2 hours of playing in your yard, goes for a walk on leash and has to poop in your neighbor's yard? Every time!

[Medusa]

How come the best and most authentic salsa I've ever tasted is called Italian Rose?

[moosmom]

How come when you answer a business phone, say, "Thanks for calling Bed, Bath & Beyond, this is Donna. How may I direct your call?" The idiot on the other end asks, "Is this Bed, Bath and Beyond??"

UGH!!!:mad::mad:

[lvpets2002]

:p So true that happens to me all the time here at work.. I will answer Century Sales this is Helene && every time the Cust will say is this Sales & is this Helene.. I am like UuMMppss..
How come when you answer a business phone, say, "Thanks for calling Bed, Bath & Beyond, this is Donna. How may I direct your call?" The idiot on the other end asks, "Is this Bed, Bath and Beyond??"

UGH!!!:mad::mad:

[kokopup]

How come when you use your debit card the charge will show up on your account before you can get your receipt from the cashier but it takes days for a deposit , even in cash, to show up. The same applies to credits on returned
purchases.

[kokopup]

Originally Posted by moosmom
How come when you answer a business phone, say, "Thanks for calling Bed, Bath & Beyond, this is Donna. How may I direct your call?" The idiot on the other end asks, "Is this Bed, Bath and Beyond??"

i am probably guilty of asking "is this Bed, Bath & Beyond?" I have found that most receptionist answer so many calls that they spit out something like you describe about 'bed bath and beyond' but it comes out as one incoherent blob. It is rare that companies hire a receptionist that articulates a greeting. Most would not have to repeat what they say if they just slowed down and articulate. Men do not hear the womans voice the same way woman do. Slow it down some. I know it is being polite but stating your 'name and the how can I direct your call' may be to much to process especially if it all come at you like a blur.