Mar 24, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Try To Key-P Up Read Try To Key-P Up I worked in a repair shop. A customer had lost her keys to her scooter. She had us pick up the scooter, cut her a new key, and then she came in to pick it up. She walks in, pay...
Mar 24, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Read The Room… And The Menu! Read Read The Room… And The Menu! Customer: "If you don't verbally read the menu to me, then you're discriminating against people with poor eyesight and those who wear glasses." Me: "Ma'am, your ey...
Mar 24, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Restaurant Drama Is Always Hot And Saucy Read Restaurant Drama Is Always Hot And Saucy Customer: "Why am I being charged extra for the extra sauces!?" Me: "It's in the name, sir. Extra sauces cost extra." Customer: "I'm not paying! You di...
Mar 24, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com That’s A Call Order Read That’s A Call Order Caller: "Can you forward me to her?" Me: "She no longer works here, so no. I can give you the phone number, and you can call her." Caller: "Can you forward me to her?" Read...
Mar 24, 2026 from Noahie's Blog Mirror I've been having a few different threads of thought over the last 24 hours or so; lots of theses swirling around in my head. I want to try and combine all of them into a single cohesive piece, as i...
Mar 24, 2026 from Let’s get Person-al 🌰 a self-driving waymo future Self-driving cars where instead of getting a driver’s license and calling AAA to help with a flat tire, you’re instead calling AAA to drive your car because you can’t when the AI breaks
Mar 24, 2026 from Let’s get Person-al 🌰 I’m glad my mom died - a book review harrowing interesting how she stayed in present tense and present-mind the whole time. It kept the book fresh, in a way, because her mother’s actions don’t change, but Jeannette’s emotions and expe...
Mar 24, 2026 from Let’s get Person-al 🌰 three holidays and a wedding - a book review On the one hand: I was up until 3am devouring this book. I wanted to feel the feels that a romance book is designed to make you feel. And the setup felt delectable. But in the end, the execution wa...
Mar 23, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Send Them South For Winter! Read Send Them South For Winter! Customer: "Can I keep these indoor plants outside?" Me: "Well, they are tropical plants and we live in Canada, so they would be fine for the summer, but you would n...
Mar 23, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com A Billing Too Far Read A Billing Too Far Me: "Hi, [Team Lead], I have [Employee] asking for access to the Billing files for [Team]. Is this okay?" Team Lead: "No. Take him out of everything and do not reply to his r...
Mar 23, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Habeas Call-us Read Habeas Call-us Caller: "My name is Bob, and I'm calling about your financial assets." Yeah, definitely a scammer. Time to shut him down. Me: "We work with several companies regarding our finan...
Mar 23, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Give Some Credit To His Wife Read Give Some Credit To His Wife A guy is calling, confused about a figure he's seeing on his latest credit card statement. Me: "Sir, that appears to be a credit. You've overpaid by $140 last mont...
Mar 23, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Permission Impossible Read Permission Impossible Coworker #1: "Hi, [Manager], I don’t have access to this link." Manager: "It's my private notebook." Coworker #2: "How do we update our notes if we don’t have access?" Ma...
Mar 23, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Gives New Meaning To ‘Phone Bill’, Part 3 Read Gives New Meaning To ‘Phone Bill’, Part 3 I worked in inbound sales at a call center for a hardware store. I've finished setting up a sale with a customer and asked them how they'd like to pay...
Mar 23, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Loaf And Behold: Consequences Read Loaf And Behold: Consequences The owner was the worst man I've ever met; he had no business being around people, let alone managing employees. Read Loaf And Behold: Consequences
Mar 23, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Taxing Faxing, Part 44 Read Taxing Faxing, Part 44 Coworker: "Hey, [Manager], this customer just discovered that faxing doesn't physically send the paper through the phone line but makes a copy on the other end." Manager...
Mar 23, 2026 from Jasco's Website The Redesign I talk about rewriting Notex and integrating it more deeply into my website pipeline.
Mar 23, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Getting A Raw Deal Read Getting A Raw Deal Customer: "The carrots in this soup are uncooked! You're trying to give me food poisoning from uncooked carrots!" Me: "Sir, you can’t—" Customer: "—Give me a refund, or I'll...
Mar 23, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Short, Sweet, Advice, Part 2 Read Short, Sweet, Advice, Part 2 One exhibitor sold AutoCAD systems and also offered training. It is fairly easy to learn the basics of a CADD program, but the real benefit comes with learning wha...
Mar 23, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com A Tankless Task Read A Tankless Task Customer: "Hey, the pump stopped, and I can’t put anymore gas in." Me: "Yeah, it stops when your tank is full to prevent spillage." Customer: "Yeah, I know it’s full, but I alw...
