Posts tagged "variety"

Two facilitation methods starting with a single line: Actions|Results & +|Δ

Two simple facilitation methods you can start anytime by drawing a single line on a sheet of paper. What these are and when to use them.

The Late Notice

Read The Late Notice I've just come back from a week off. At 9 AM, I was visiting my first client of the day, whom I'll call Client Bill.  Bill was hard of hearing, so on entering his house, he lik...

ID-ing A Crime

Read ID-ing A Crime Me: "Can I see some ID, please?" The customer shows me a paper driver's license. Me: "I'm sorry, I can't accept that. I need a proper ID." Customer: "This is a proper ID! It was...

Seen Live, But Alive?

Read Seen Live, But Alive? Me: "Oh, this is my current favourite band! They are called [Band Name]." Coworker: "Never heard of them." Me: "Yeah, they are pretty new. Only been around a couple of ye...

Using Your Words

Read Using Your Words I'm a Middle Eastern-looking dude, but born in America, and I speak English just fine. A couple comes in, and I greet them: Me: "Hello, welcome to [Restaurant], how can I help...

Breadwinners And Losers

Read Breadwinners And Losers One day, my boss hires a new person. No big deal, except my boss kept cutting my hours more and more and giving them to the new person. I went from working over thirty ...

Powered Down And Priced Up

Read Powered Down And Priced Up Me: *Walking in.* "This room is closed. Y'all can't be in here." Gym Member #1: "What do you mean, closed?! Isn't this, like, the ambient workout room?" Me: "The wha...

We Wouldn’t Recommend Using An Electric Cooker

Read We Wouldn’t Recommend Using An Electric Cooker Customer: "Are your chickens Chinese?" Me: "Uhm… no. They're from—" Customer: *Interrupting.* "—I heard that the Chinese take random chicken part...

When Closing Time Is Closing In On Them

Read When Closing Time Is Closing In On Them Employee: "We're closing, dude." Me: "You close in ten minutes." Employee: "Yeah, so it's too late to order." Me: "If this were a sit-down restaurant, I...

The Right Number, The Wrong Move

Read The Right Number, The Wrong Move Me: "Thank you for calling [Store Name]. How can I help?" Caller: "Can you give me the number to [Store Name]?" Me: "You already have it. You've successfully c...

Forecasting A Brain Freeze

Read Forecasting A Brain Freeze Mom: *Looking at the weather app on her phone.* "Wow, these temperature drops are crazy." Dad: "Huh. If we’re indoors right now, why is the weather app still saying ...

Why US?

The Horror Of Bad Eyesight

Read The Horror Of Bad Eyesight We had minimal supervision, and our host’s older sister had managed to sneak her a horror movie DVD rental. I was very nervous. The other girls were excited about do...

Phonetic Phails

Read Phonetic Phails Me: "Alright, sir, could you read the serial number phonetically?" Caller: "What's that?" Read Phonetic Phails

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Read I’ve never been good with hospitals My roommate and I are visiting a friend who just had his appendix removed. We’re chatting and I start to feel really weird. I look at my roommate and tell h...

Donuts Are The Answer

Read Donuts Are The Answer The point of these smaller, additional classes was to let students ask questions on anything they didn't understand from the lectures, but I had a class one semester that...

Prescribing Hard Facts

Read Prescribing Hard Facts Our manager comes back after a two-week vacation. Manager: "Why is there a mannequin head with a condom stretched over it behind the counter?" Read Prescribing Hard Facts

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Read This story https://notalwaysright.com/if-you-make-it-right-your-friends-wont-explode-like-shaken-soda-cans/360701/ reminded me of the time I came home to a house that smelled like fresh paint,...

Can’t Do Split Decisions

Read Can’t Do Split Decisions Me: "Alright. Here's your $100 refund." Customer: "But I paid $200." Me: "That was for two watches. You only returned one." Customer: "But I paid $200." Read Can’t Do ...

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Read So, a customer’s doggie licked my sleeve at work today (customer was holding her dog in her arms), and I flinched because dogs traumatize me. (When I was a child I had bad experiences with dog...