Have Smarter People Given Up Breeding?

[Old Moparz]

Last week I bought a gadget to connect a DVD player to an older TV that didn't have the RCA jacks. After moving the cabinet to rearrange some wiring, my daughter became curious as to what I was up to. I was explaining what the new piece of electronic equipment does to my 9 year old daughter, thinking that she may not have understood it, but she surprised me. Not only did she fully understand it, but she had some kind of sarcastic response equal to eye rolling at my explanation.    It wasn't disrespect, just her way of getting the point across to me that she wasn't an idiot. I didn't think about it at the time, but later I was happy that she was smart enough to understand, & I figured that she'll get through life a little easier when she's older.

Unlike the poor guy I remember that sold me a CD player years ago. 

When CD's first came out, the CD players were around $300 or so. This one electronics store had a special sale, & I bought a very cheap CD player for $79.99 back then. Just before the salesperson rang up the item, he went through a scripted statement explaining their customer service to me, & then asked if I wanted to buy an extended warranty for it. Now I never buy any extended warranties for anything, but I humored him.

Me: "For how long, & for how much?"

Salesman: "You'll get an additional one year making it a two year, instead of the one year that the factory gives you for only $84.99 more."

Me: "The warranty costs more than the CD player?"

Salesman: "Not really, you're getting a two year warranty for $84.99 & piece of mind in case it breaks. It's like getting double for only $5.00 more, not another $79.99 more."

Me: "I'm spending $84.99 & not $5.00 for it. It already has a one year warranty, so how is that getting double for only $5.00 more?"

Salesman: "Two years is twice as much as one year, that's how."

Me: "I'm still spending $79.99 to get the CD player, then another $84.99 to get one more year on the warranty. I don't have a calculator, but that seems more than a $5.00 difference to me."

Salesman: **Looking slightly confused** "Well, I'd rather have a two year warranty if it were me."

Me: "What if I buy two CD players at $79.99 each, not open the second one, & save it in the box in case the first one breaks. If I do that, I'll have $10.00 left."

Salesman: "Sorry, it's one per customer because there's a limited number of CD players per store."

Me: "What if I give my friend the money & he buys it, then gives it to me later?"

Salesman: "But you'll only have a one year warranty. If they both break, you spent money on two CD players & only get a one year warranty."

Me: "That's okay, I don't have any CD's so I probably won't break either one of them."   

[41husk]

get the movie Idiocracy, youi will see many such people.

[PocketThunder]

I dont think so, i have 3 kids and i'm the smartest guy i know..   

[LoneStar Mopar]

I was going to suggest renting Idiocracy but I see 41Husk already suggested it.  Hate to say it but that movie is propably foreshadowing mans fate to at least some degree.

[Ponch ®]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1sE1E3z7jU

[Old Moparz]

I did get to see most of that movie a couple of weeks ago on HBO. Some scenes were very funny, but overall it was "just okay" to me.

[Charger_Fan]

There's two guys just like that here at work...affectionately known as Dumb & Dumber.   It's astonishing the sort of crap they come up with.