Our Teenage granddaughter was thrilled when she landed her first real job waiting tables. But after one shift, the excitement to have waned. "How do you like being a waitress ?" I asked. She shrugged, "It would be OK if people wouldn't keep asking for stuff."
We were dining with my husband's colleague, a therapist, who told us that her seven-year-old daughter had recently asked, "Mommy, what's normal ?" Our friend gave a response that only a mother who's analyzed one too many patients could give: "Honey, normal is what people are before you get to know them
A customer called our Los Angeles travel agency asking how much a round-trip flight to Hawaii would cost. Evidently, she didn't care for the price I quoted her, because the next thing she asked was, "How far is it if we decide to drive ?"
At a mall in Brooklyn, I watched as a gentleman was approached by a kiosk vendor. "Excuse me," said the vendor, "can I ask you a question ?" The gentleman smiled as he replied, "You just did," and kept right on walking.
Reddit.com contributors remember colleagues who got axed fast.
* Guy slept through two meetings on his first day. The second meeting, he started snoring .
--XSITED1
* As a teenager, I worked at a bowling alley. Within an hour of starting, a new girl was fired on the spot for dropping a ball on the foot of a complaining patron.
-- JEFF_THE_NURSE
* I work construction. We had two new hires who were friends. Boss told one to take a coffee order and come back. He took everyone's money and said he needed his friend to go with him because it was a big order. They never came back.
--DENDAD1218
