These always tickle my funny bone. I came across this list while surfing today.
1. Recently, when I went to McDonald's I saw on the menu that you could have an order of 6, 9 or 12 Chicken McNuggets. I asked for a half dozen nuggets. "We don't have half dozen nuggets," said the teenager at the counter. "You don't?" I replied. "We only have six, nine, or twelve," was the reply. "So I can't order a half dozen nuggets, but I can order six?" "That's right." So I shook my head and ordered six McNuggets
2. I was checking out at the local Wal-Mart with just a few items and the lady behind me put her things on the belt close to mine. I picked up one of those "dividers" that they keep by the cash register and placed it between our things so they wouldn't get mixed. After the girl had scanned all of my items, she picked up the "divider", looking it all over for thebar code so she could scan it. Not finding the bar code she said to me, "Do you know how much this is?" I said to her "I've changed my mind, I don't think I'll buy that today." She said "OK," and I paid her for the things and left. She had no clue to what had just happened.
3. A lady at work was seen putting a credit card into her floppy drive and pulling it out very quickly. When I inquired as to what she was doing, she said she was shopping on the Internet and they kept asking for a credit card number, so she was using the ATM "thingy."
4. I recently saw a distraught young lady weeping beside her car." Do you need some help?" I asked. She replied, "I knew I should have replaced the battery to this remote door unlocker. Now I can't get into my car. Doyou think they (pointing to a distant convenience store) would have a battery to fit this?" "Hmmm, I dunno. Do you have an alarm, too?" I asked. "No, just this remote thingy," she answered, handing it and the car keys to me. As I took the key and manually unlocked the door, I replied, "Why don't you drive over there and check about the batteries. It's a long walk."
5. Several years ago, we had an Intern who was none too swift. One day, she was typing and turned to a secretary and said, "I'm almost out of typing paper. What do I do?" "Just use copier machine paper," the secretary told her. With that, the intern took her last remaining blank piece of paper, put it on the photocopier and proceeded to make five "blank" copies.
These do remind me of a personal crazy incident. I cannot remember where it was, but I ordered fried chicken. The waitress kindly informed me that they were out of chicken. "OK," I replied, "I'll have chicken-fried steak." Sir," she said, "I just told you we were out of chicken." True story.
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Ok, I have a story that contain two elements from today's blog: 1) it happened at McDonald's, and 2) it's true. In the early Spring of 2003 I took my then 12-year-old daughter to McDonald's for breakfast one day before school (Breakfast with Dad ... not too original but brimming with simplicity). The person behind the counter gave me the Seniors discount without even asking. I guess she thought I was out with my granddaughter.
Bonus second story: my mom was in the hospital a few months back. I was driving her big ol' Mercury Grand Marquis (picture, if you will , the target market for this vehicle). When I left the hospital one day to run an errand the garage attendant gave me the $1 Senior rate. Again, without even asking.
A year ago we bought a very low mileage 1999 Buick Le Sabre (see comment above about target market) from my uncle. When I started driving it I thought "I'm gonna get me some real discounts now!"
That's not all bad. We get senior discounts at a couple of our eating places. Anyway, you were my roommate. You don't need to remain anonymous. So, who's the old dude in the picture on your profile? Ha ha.
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