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Read Choosing Your Battles Daylight Saves Time Me: "Your appointment is scheduled for 1:15 pm on Sunday." Caller: "Su...
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Read When Details Are Paper Thin I work in the reprographics department of a large office, specifically the printing ...
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Read Putting The Pie Into πr² A couple has just ordered a large pizza. Me: "Do you want a six-cut, eight-cut, or twe...
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Read The Ultimate Server Error Manager: "You need to pay the invoice. You're in violation of the contract, and we wil...
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Read I’m Wired To Know What You’re Up To Customer: "Do you sell TV cords?" Me: "We sell some basics." Customer: "I ne...
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Read They Can’t See Clearly Normally, And Now They Want Things Tinted?! Customer: "Do you guys do window tinting here...
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Read Lunch Break-through Me: "He went out to lunch." Manager: "I was just in the break room, and I didn't see him." M...
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Read Bright Ideas Shine A Light On Themselves Customer: "Could you put us in a warm section? We're pretty chilly. Whe...
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Read Winner Takes All-owance Son #1: "We were talking to [Friend] today, and his allowance is twice ours!" Son #2: "Y...
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Read Bread Dead Redemption Vegan Friend: "Oh, no thanks. I've stopped eating bread." Me: "Oh, why?" Vegan Friend: "It...
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Read If At First You Don’t Succeed, Chai Again, Part 12 Customer: "Why are you putting milk in my chai latte?" Me: "B...
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Read I am a teacher at a swimming club and I teach a group with varied ages. The child this is about, is 7 years old....
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Read Cold Call On this day, it was 7:15 AM, sleeting and raining, with high winds, and we were all arriving at school...
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Read A coworker and I are chatting in the breakroom. He’s in his mid-80s and I’m in my late 30s. I’m starting to get ...
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Read Only Half And Half-Listening Customer: "What kinds of iced tea do you have?" Me: "We only have black, unsweetene...
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Read (I’m a woman, and my workplace had to close public access to our courtyard around the time of the Global Health ...
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Read Years ago, after my father died, my half-brother sent four checks for $5,000 to me and a letter explaining that ...
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Read A Measured Response Is Required Customer: "I need the two-inch square tubing." Me: "Okay, twenty or twenty-four-...
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Read (I’m texting with a guy I’m interested in. We’ve both been invited to the same holiday party, which is that even...
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Read (At the time of this story, my dad had been diagnosed with ALS for about 3 years, and 24 year old me was his pri...