May 12, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Must Have Winged It In Math Class Read Must Have Winged It In Math Class Customer: *Opens up a container.* "I just had this delivered to my house, and I want you to tell me what's wrong with it." The manager looks in the container....
May 12, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Untitled Read The Netherlands might be small, but we have distinct accents all over the place. For example, we have the ‘soft spoken flat g’ from the province Brabant. It’s a very typical accent and if you ...
May 12, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Follow The Plan, Not The Panic Read Follow The Plan, Not The Panic We had a new-ish admin in the building who was going to play a game to "really prepare us for a real emergency". Policy and the law be d***ed, she was going to s...
May 12, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Untitled Read Back when I worked at a grocery store, the dress code included proper dress trousers; no leggings, no jeans. Almost immediately after I got there, the whole staff was breaking the dress code, ...
May 12, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Untitled Read I’m a part-time employee in a grocery store. My shift usually starts at 10 am, but I am chronically early to everything and need to pick up a prescription from the pharmacy before clocking in,...
May 12, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com A Soft Phone But A Hard Nope Read A Soft Phone But A Hard Nope Caller: "I will sit here ON HOLD with you until you get me an appointment TODAY!" Me: "That's fine, sir, but it might be a while. I can contact my supervisor by ch...
May 12, 2026 from Chronicles of Miss Miseria [dVerse] May 11th - The Bird Did Not Fly The Bird Did Not FlyBy Tuesday morning, the cage had learned my name. It said it softly, in Ma’s voice, from the kitchen window where the caged parrot hung beside the basil. I had returned after tw...
May 12, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Untitled Read After reading this story (https://notalwaysright.com/things-almost-went-down-the-drain-here/359376/) I recall us being in roughly the same boat once. When my then-girlfriend (now-wife) and I w...
May 12, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Untitled Read One of my first jobs was working at the front desk of a medical clinic. The working hours were 7:30am to 4:00pm and people were late occasionally, but it usually wasn’t a big deal. During a we...
May 12, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Could Have Been Named After Anyone? Anyone? Read Could Have Been Named After Anyone? Anyone? I am at the drug store paying for my things. I notice the cashier's name is Ferris. From the movie 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off.' Me: "You were named a...
May 12, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Untitled Read When I was in high school in the late 90s, some kids figured out that the soda and snack vending machines in the student lounge would accept photocopied $1 bills. They made a bunch of copies a...
May 12, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com You Can’t Sweep It Under The Rug Read You Can’t Sweep It Under The Rug Caller: "I've had this carpet down for a month, and there’s dirt and hair all over it. It’s supposed to be stain-proof!" Me: "There is no such thing as stain-p...
May 12, 2026 from Stranger Than Usual Bilder im Darkmode Bilder im Darkmode haben jetzt nur noch einen hellen Hintergrund, wenn sie ihn brauchen.
May 12, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com When In Rome… Oh Wait Read When In Rome… Oh Wait Customer: *Enraged in broken English.* "Where da h*** do you think you work to not speak Italian!?" Me: "A grocery store in Toronto, sir." Read When In Rome… Oh Wait
May 12, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Wetware Failure Read Wetware Failure Customer: "It got a bit wet. We tried drying it, but it's not working." I open the laptop and try to assess it. Me: "Sometimes water damage can ruin the electronics. Were you l...
May 12, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com When You’re Totally Shift Faced Read When You’re Totally Shift Faced My manager calls me at 11 PM to ask if I could come in to cover a shift at 5 AM the next morning. Me: "No." Manager: "Why?" Me: "I'm seven hours away at a bar o...
May 11, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Lacking Expansive Detail Read Lacking Expansive Detail I work in the office for a large contractor. I got an email from someone who isn't an existing customer: Me: "Hey, [Boss], how should I reply to this email? They haven...
May 11, 2026 from The New Leaf Journal Sliwa for NYC Mayor Lawn Signs Seen in May 2026 On seeing the first Curtis Sliwa 2025 mayoral campaign signs in Brooklyn Heights on Mother's Day 2026, more than six months after election day.
May 11, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Talk To The Hand, Aunty Read Talk To The Hand, Aunty Some colleagues and I are talking about learning new languages as adults. Colleague: "My aunt is blind, so I'm learning sign language." Read Talk To The Hand, Aunty
May 11, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com High Risk In High Fidelity Read High Risk In High Fidelity I work at Canada’s largest music instrument retailer, in the professional audio/lighting department. A large part of my job is working with sound systems and lightin...
