stupid insurance quote #2

[joflasher]

Boy - My girlfriend is a watercolor artist. How will it affect our premiums if she lists a spare room in the house as her studio on her business taxes?

Insurance Dude - That depends. Where does she plan to keep the solvents?

Boy - Excuse me?

Insurance Dude - The solvents ... you know, the chemicals she uses to paint with. They are very unsafe.

Boy - She's a watercolor artist. The solvent is water and she normally keeps it in the kitchen sink.

Comments

[snarx.livejournal.com]

Oh that's made me chuckle :-) They'll say anything to be able to charge you more ;-)

[kasra-c.livejournal.com]

You're fucking kidding me. If I didn't believe in the power of human stupidity, I'd think he was trying to fleece you for more money.

[starherd.livejournal.com]

...I can see being so unfamiliar with watercolors as to think it a valid question, but... not when you're working in insurance. They have to know the background to the questions they ask if they expect to get an answer they understand :-P

Still more people to go onto the "beat with rolled-up newspaper" list. :-D

[pancua.livejournal.com]

*falls over laughing*