Posts tagged "variety"

Burning Through Options

Read Burning Through Options Customer: "I'm looking for something to keep my feet warm inside my boots." Me: "Let me show you our sock range—" Customer: "—Not socks!" Me: "Oh… do you mean like heat...

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Read My poor dad couldn’t come up with the words he wanted one day and asked me “What’s up with the thing in the thing?” Sorry pops, I’m going to need a bit more context here! Read

The Only Marathon Here Was On Netflix

Read The Only Marathon Here Was On Netflix Me: "How often do you exercise?" Patient: "My rights? All the time." Me: "Haha, you know what I mean." Read The Only Marathon Here Was On Netflix

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Read Back in 2015, I was moving from Tennessee to Wisconsin. I was bringing only a few things and my cat. My brother was taking me there and, since we had to stay at a hotel halfway there, I asked ...

Metro Chronicles V

The Guest Is Salty

Read The Guest Is Salty I'm just starting my night auditing shift at the hotel. As I'm counting the till, a gentleman comes up and says: Guest: "Who does the salting around here?" *For snow and ice...

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Read I worked at Home Depot as a cashier for a while, and there’s a fuzzy little story that comes to mind now and then. It’s January and we’re having a New Year’s clearance sale on some planter kit...

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Read (My company decided to have a cartoon mascot. I loathe the design. First, it is not dressed appropriately for the job we do, and second, it’s such a blatant ripoff from the most famous worker ...

Come Up With A Solution And Bob’s Your Uncle

Read Come Up With A Solution And Bob’s Your Uncle Client: "There's not enough room in the name boxes! What if someone has a very long name?" Me: "Okay, we can make the box bigger." Client: "No, you...

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Read The rules for Brazilian citizenship are similar to those in the US, therefore, there are 2 ways you can be born Brazilian. 1. By being born on Brazilian soil and 2. By having at least one Braz...

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Read I, a very shy and quiet gal in my early thirties, had just moved nearly 2000 miles across the country with my verbally abusive boyfriend. My boyfriend at the time was against me getting a job ...

Site Unseen

Read Site Unseen Caller: "Okay, is it this one?" Me: "I can't see what you're referring to, ma'am." Caller: "Wait, you mean you can't see what I'm doing?! But I'm on your website!" Read Site Unseen

What Minneapolis Can Teach Jacksonville About the Power of Clustering

For years, The Jaxson has championed a simple but powerful urban redevelopment principle we call Clustering, Complementing Uses within a Compact (CCC) setting. While the concept may sound technical...

Never Joke With The Customers… Ever!, Part 19

Read Never Joke With The Customers… Ever!, Part 19 I'm working in a fine-dining restaurant. While taking a table's order: Me: "Hi! Before I take any orders, are there any food allergies or dietary ...

The Stationery Remains Stationary

Read The Stationery Remains Stationary Me: "I see on your account you called yesterday with the updates. Did you not get the email we sent yesterday at 5 PM confirming the updates to your account?"...

The Signs Were There

Read The Signs Were There Manager: "Are you new? Because you expect our customers to just assume that is the case. These are the same customers who assumed the $20 TV stand came with the TV because...

The Great British Fake-Off

Read The Great British Fake-Off Me: "Can I help you find anything?" Customer: *With an American accent.* "Yeah! Black pudding! I was told it was really good." Me: "Uh, that will be in the prepared ...

Where The Truck Do You Think You’re Going?

Read Where The Truck Do You Think You’re Going? I’m a local truck driver. The company I work for recently put out a no Bluetooth headset rule. My dispatcher can never make up his mind on where we g...

Der inner-platform effect

Wenn das Datenbankschema eine schlechte Kopie des Datenbanksystems ist.

Buoy, Oh Buoy

Read Buoy, Oh Buoy I'm working on a large cruise ship in guest relations. A married couple approaches, and the guy asks a few questions about the ship, culminating in: Man Guest: "So, if the engine...