No, there are stupid questions!

People say there is no such thing as a stupid question. Well, spend a day with me at work and you will see. Today someone called with one of my all time favorites. Listening to my voice mail the message said Hi! It's Joe! Call me back I have a question for you about my personal income taxes. I wrote down the name and number and then quickly ran outside to check the sign in the lobby and see if I had been transported to my local IRS office or maybe one of the large accounting firms. NOPE! I still worked in the same office, one that doesn't do any work with your personal income taxes. I braced myself and dialed the number. The receptionist had a million questions for me and I just politely asked to be connected with "Joe No Last Name". Quickly I told Joe I was not a tax professional but Joe informed me it was probably a really stupid question. Fire away I said. "Well, how do the taxes on my property get paid?" And then I dropped the bombshell. Joe you have to pay the taxes on your own property. Unfortunately, the tax fairy has gone to the big IRS office in the sky. "Oh I thought that was how it worked" Joe replied. And pretty much our conversation ended there. I would hate to see the bill because this is NYC and Joe has lived there for over 2 years!