Posts tagged "variety"

My Time In Retail: The Writing’s On The Wall

Read My Time In Retail: The Writing’s On The Wall Customer: "I'm not paying that much for that. It's overpriced." Me: "I don't make the prices. I just operate the register. Why are you telling me t...

These Bananas Don’t Peel Right

Read These Bananas Don’t Peel Right Customer: "CAN I PLEASE GET SOME HELP OVER HERE?!" Attendant: "Yes, ma'am, what's the problem?" Customer: "These bananas keep ringing up as potatoes!" Read These...

Veluwe Wander Trail part 04

Hiked part 4/25 of the Veluwe Wander Trail, 17.3 kilometres from Lunteren to Otterlo. From Lunteren, experienced by its inhabitants as a close-knit village, you walk to what was designated the geog...

A Sudden Increase In Cabin Pressure

Read A Sudden Increase In Cabin Pressure Me: "So I see that [Veteran Flight Attendant] worked the inbound. Why aren't they available for the outbound?" Purser: "They've been… uh… removed from rotat...

The Convenience Of The Many Outweighs The Convenience Of The Few, Or The One

Read The Convenience Of The Many Outweighs The Convenience Of The Few, Or The One Caller: "I'd like to book an appointment." Me: "Ma'am, this is a convenience store." Caller: "Yes, I know. I'd like...

No Public Restroom Means A Public Mess

Read No Public Restroom Means A Public Mess When my son was being potty trained, when he said he had to go, he had to GO! We were shopping in a strip mall when he made his announcement. Read No Pub...

Valse vrienden in het onderwijs

Valse vrienden naaien je er altijd bij op een moment waarop het je niet uitkomt, dus je kunt maar beter goed voorbereid zijn…

A Swift Key Change

Read A Swift Key Change I've gone to a high-end department store with my wife. I like going there because it has a central atrium with a piano that customers can play while they're waiting for thei...

reflections

Staying In Suite 007

Read Staying In Suite 007 Guest: "Excuse me, but do you do confidential breakfast?" Me: "I cannot disclose that information." Read Staying In Suite 007

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Read (Back in our equivalent of highschool, I had the same science teacher three years in a row – first in Maths class, then Physics, and finally Computer lab. Everytime he was our teacher, the ent...

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Read I inherited my parents “winter house” after Dad died. We had a house as well close by so it was no big deal to move. We kept most of their furniture including a fold-out sofa that was hardly e...

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Read One Friday evening I was returning from the store after getting groceries when I walked past a group of guys in their mid-teens & brushed elbows with two of them. Thinking nothing of it I kept...

Hold The Line Until The Train Line

Read Hold The Line Until The Train Line At this point, he states that he will not get off the call until this is resolved. Admittedly, he had me a bit here, since we are "under no circumstances" al...

NaPoWriMo 2026 [April 7] - Count It Out // Girls on the Pavement

NaPoWriMo 2026 [April 7]Day Seven Welcome back, all — we’ve now hit the one-week mark in this year’s National/Global Poetry Writing Month! Also, thanks for your patience as we work through the cont...

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Read I got called out of my section at my store and onto the register, since the front counter associate decided to no call/no show and someone had to pull the short straw. It was a weeknight and f...

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Read A seemingly nice customer came up with four bags of grapes and told me, before I ever started her order, that she couldn’t find a scale. She only wanted “about five pounds of grapes or so.” A ...

Ham I Invisible?

Read Ham I Invisible? Customer: "Excuse me, do you work here?" Me: *With a box in my hand, a nametag in clear sight.* "Yes." Read Ham I Invisible?

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Read We had been married less than a week, it was our first apartment, and we hadn’t entirely unpacked. My new wife asked me to help lift the Sunday roast out of the oven. I picked up a dish towel ...

Whipping Up A Problem

Read Whipping Up A Problem Guest: "I have an allergy to pineapple, but I want the Dole Whip, please. Just keep the pineapple flavor, but none of the actual juice." Me: "Sorry, but the Dole Whips ge...