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Read After the kids leave for Christmas vacation, we usually take a few days to clear up any loose ends around the sc...
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Read Many years ago when I was in college, I found out that a friend of mine was being abused by her boyfriend, prima...
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Read Main Course Is Mine Course Customer: "Can you clean up this table? We want to sit here." Again, they watched me ...
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Read Many years ago, the smallish company I worked for would rent a couple of suites and host customers for the SEC C...
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Read I’m a high school student, and I’m downtown visiting the city library. I’m a bit short for a highschooler studen...
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Read Exit, Stage Chef It's 11 PM, and this couple is chatting away in one of our booths. The manager has just come ba...
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Read The Couponator 54: Fanta Flour Power She hands me a coupon for 50% off, but it's for some generic orange soda. M...
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Read This Should Have Caused Zero Problems Me: "It's Zero, One, Two, Three." Customer Support: "Did you mean the numb...
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Read That’s Some Dogged Determination To Be Wrong Random Customer: "What service does he provide?" Me: "Excuse me?" R...
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Read Work Smarter, Or Don’t Work We hired a very talented lady just out of tech school to assist with data analysis, ...
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Read Sit, Stay, Pay Customer: "Hey, can I get some real cutlery, instead of this plastic crap?" Me: "Sir, if you're o...
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Read The Boss Signed Up To Consequences Manager: "I took the sign down. I took them all down. Who gave you permission...
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Read Time To Say Goodbye We closed almost an hour ago, and a couple sitting there with their bill paid and drinks alm...
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Read The Internet That Stayed Behind ISP: "Hello, your contract is expiring, and we want to pick up the rented fibre ...
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Read No Sale, No Mail Customer: "But we just need the vodka!" Me: "Sorry, I can't sell those until tomorrow." Custome...
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Read Account Accountability Caller: "I want to speak to the manager!" Me: "Could you let me know your name and policy...
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Read We Can Work It Out We have this new hire who isn't great at figuring out computers. When she needs help, she'll ...
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Read Chat-astrophe Averted I'm working the bar when the bar manager walks over to me and points out an order coming f...
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Read When The Apple Wills Itself To Fall Far From The Tree Mother: "What a f****** moron." Me: "Huh?" Mother: "She li...
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Read A Different Kind Of Close Call Me: "Hey, it's [My Name]. I'll be about half an hour late." Grandpa: "Oh, so you ...