Jul 07, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Untitled Read A small group of people and I are waiting at a bus stop served by both local and express busses. We see a bus approaching, but its signage says “Not in Service”. It pulls up and opens its door...
Jul 07, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com A Spoonful of Context Helps The Medicine Go Down Read A Spoonful of Context Helps The Medicine Go Down I teach kindergarten, and this happened about a year ago. One Monday, a student of mine, a very sweet girl, gifted me a picture she had painted...
Jul 07, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Untitled Read This story https://notalwaysright.com/sorry-customers-you-do-not-get-a-seat-at-this-table/359161/ Reminds me of another time I’ve heard someone use that line. I was at a video-game music conve...
Jul 07, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com When People See Words And Give Up Read When People See Words And Give Up A kid brings me his laptop, saying he's trying to launch a program, but a pop-up keeps blocking it. I take a look. The pop up says: Pop Up: "This program cann...
Jul 07, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Untitled Read Years ago I visited London with my (then) boyfriend. We were tourists to the city, but both British and it wasn’t our first time there, so it was all reasonably familiar already. It was a few ...
Jul 07, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Untitled Read So… this is a new one for me and also a new one for my 20 years in management at this company manager. What exactly we sell isn’t that important beyond the fact that it’s a service and not a p...
Jul 07, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Untitled Read A double whammy for you of 2 short stories of the worst coworkers I had while working at a dollar store. The first was the more confusing of the two. She hid the fact that she was pregnant whe...
Jul 07, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com When They Learn The Truth, They’re Gonna Have A Meltdown Read When They Learn The Truth, They’re Gonna Have A Meltdown Me: "What drink with that?" Customer: "Coke, but no ice." Me: "You got it." Customer: "I don't want the calories." Read When They Learn...
Jul 07, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Untitled Read I worked at a certain orange-colored hardware and home improvement store as a cashier. I was pretty good with my customers–I always tried to accommodate them as best I could. If there were sal...
Jul 07, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Too Chicken To Be Vegetarian Read Too Chicken To Be Vegetarian A lady comes in and says she's ordering a personal-sized pizza. Customer: "I'm a vegetarian, so I want red onions, green pepper, chicken, mushrooms…" Read Too Chic...
Jul 07, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Chorizo-No-No, Part 3 Read Chorizo-No-No, Part 3 Customer: "I want that pork sausage, seasoned with paprika and garlic." Me: "Oh, the chorizo?" Customer: "In our household, we use the American name for it." Read Chorizo...
Jul 07, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com The Freshman Flowchart Read The Freshman Flowchart I live in a college town with a lot of fraternity/sorority houses. A girl came to our plumbing department and had a funnel, a valve, and a clear plastic tube. Customer: ...
Jul 07, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com A Stormy Reception To Your Sunny Outlook Read A Stormy Reception To Your Sunny Outlook Director: "Listen, I understand why you did it, but you must know this: managers are stupid. They don't read the content; they just look for difference...
Jul 07, 2026 from Noahie's Blog The Gaps Remember the gaps. I've been getting better at it myself, finding those lovely small glimpses of time where nothing seems to pass; nothing to process, nothing to manifest or build. Those small mome...
Jul 06, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com When It’s All Electronics, None Of It Is… Read When It’s All Electronics, None Of It Is… Me: "Thank you for calling Best Buy, your home of all things electronic. How can I help you?" Caller: "Can you transfer me to the electronics departme...
Jul 06, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com The Enemy Of My Enemy Read The Enemy Of My Enemy [Manager #1] is not particularly friendly, specifically toward me. I don’t know why or how to change it, but he is perfectly fine and happy interacting with the other two...
Jul 06, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Pie High Pricing Read Pie High Pricing The customer pays, and doesn't say anything. I give them their change, give them a pager, and tell them: Me: "Okay, it will be a few minutes." Customer: "Okay." They stand in ...
Jul 06, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Huddle Trouble Read Huddle Trouble Duty Manager #1: "[My Name]! Huddle time, over by [Department]! Drop everything and head there!" Me: "[Duty Manager], I'm helping customers right now." Duty Manager #1: "I did n...
Jul 06, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com The More You Read The Worse It Gets, Part 36 Read The More You Read The Worse It Gets, Part 36 Caller: "We don't need the pizzas anymore. We want a refund." Normally, we would just give it to them despite the late notice, but the pizza is too...
