Fluffy
Journey Man
>> >ONE. 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.
>> >
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>> >>>--
>> >>>> >
>> >
>> >TWO. I was checking out at the local Target 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 the bar 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.
>> >
>> >>>------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >>>--
>> >>>> >
>> >
>> >THREE. 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."
>> >
>> >>
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>> >> >> >
>> >
>> >FOUR. 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 in this remote. Now I can't get into my car.
>>Do
>> >you 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."
>> >
>> >>
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>> >> >> >
>> >
>> >FIVE. Several years ago, we had a junior typist 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 junior took her last remaining blank piece of
>>paper, put
>>
>> >it on the photocopier and proceeded to make five "blank" copies.
>> >
>> >>
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>> >> >-- >
>> >> >
>> >
>> >SIX. My neighbour works in the I.T. department in the central
>>office of
>> >a large bank. Employees in the field call him when they have
>>problems
>> >with their computers. One night he got a call from a woman in one
>>of
>> >the branches who had this question: "I've got smoke coming from
>>the
>> >back of my terminal. Do you guys have a fire downtown?"
>> >
>> >>
>> >--------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >> >> >
>> >
>> >SEVEN. Police in Dubbo NSW interrogated a suspect by placing a
>>metal
>> >colander on his head and connecting it with wires to a
>>photocopier
>>machine.
>> >The message "He's lying" was placed in the copier, and police
>>pressed
>> >the copy button each time they thought the suspect wasn't telling
>>the
>>truth.
>> >Believing the "lie detector" was working, the suspect confessed.
>>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.
>> >
>> >>>------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >>>--
>> >>>> >
>> >
>> >TWO. I was checking out at the local Target 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 the bar 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.
>> >
>> >>>------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >>>--
>> >>>> >
>> >
>> >THREE. 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."
>> >
>> >>
>> >--------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >> >> >
>> >
>> >FOUR. 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 in this remote. Now I can't get into my car.
>>Do
>> >you 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."
>> >
>> >>
>> >--------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >> >> >
>> >
>> >FIVE. Several years ago, we had a junior typist 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 junior took her last remaining blank piece of
>>paper, put
>>
>> >it on the photocopier and proceeded to make five "blank" copies.
>> >
>> >>
>> >--------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >> >-- >
>> >> >
>> >
>> >SIX. My neighbour works in the I.T. department in the central
>>office of
>> >a large bank. Employees in the field call him when they have
>>problems
>> >with their computers. One night he got a call from a woman in one
>>of
>> >the branches who had this question: "I've got smoke coming from
>>the
>> >back of my terminal. Do you guys have a fire downtown?"
>> >
>> >>
>> >--------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >> >> >
>> >
>> >SEVEN. Police in Dubbo NSW interrogated a suspect by placing a
>>metal
>> >colander on his head and connecting it with wires to a
>>photocopier
>>machine.
>> >The message "He's lying" was placed in the copier, and police
>>pressed
>> >the copy button each time they thought the suspect wasn't telling
>>the
>>truth.
>> >Believing the "lie detector" was working, the suspect confessed.
