Doctor Who You Talking About?
(I teach public speaking in a small learning center. Since I am the youngest teacher in the school at 20, I am closest to the students (ages 11-15) in age, and my classes are mostly more chill. I enter class, and before I start, a few students and I are chatting about a fake bloodied hand one of them was using to try and prank people, when one of the boys comes over, holding something in his hand.)
Boy #1: *completely random* “Look, teacher, I have a screwdriver!”
Me: *instinctively* “Sonic?”
Boy #1: “Huh? Sonic… the hedgehog?”
Me: “No, sonic. As in, is it a sonic screwdriver?”
Boy #1: “I don’t get it.”
Me: Never mind; it was a Doctor Who reference.”
(Note that while I am not the biggest fan of Doctor Who, I do watch it occasionally, and know an average amount of it.)
Girl #1: *piping up* “Who’s that?”
Me: “Doctor Who… Time Lord.”
Boy #2: “Isn’t he that robot?”
Me: “No! He’s a time lord!”
Boy #2: “Oh. Did he have a robot?”
Me: *not remembering K-9, a robot dog, that the fourth and tenth Doctor has for a period of time* “Not that I know of. He has a TARDIS.”
(Blank faces stare back at me.)
Me: “You know; ‘Time and Relative Dimension(s) in Space’?”
Girl #1: “What’s a time lord?”
Me: *giving up* “Okayyyy, guys… let’s just start class now. Settle down.”
Question of the Week
What is the absolute most stupid thing you’ve heard a customer say?