Having spent several years in the military I decided it was time to get out and go back to college, so i could get a real job. And though the GI Bill have me plenty of money for school and i had a lot saved up from active duty and deployments I still needed a job so I did the lowest think I could imagine, i worked for certain well know department store. Well, anyone who... Read More »
Balloons
I work at a party ware shop selling balloons etc to the public. One day a woman comes in and asks for 4 number balloons (the huge ones that are 40 inches high) so I proceed to blow them up with helium and begin to put them in a big bag when she stops me and says she's come on her bike and she's going to tie them to the handlebars. I point out (incredulously) that it's going to be very difficult to cycle with balloons on the handlebars and they might fly away but she waves me away saying she'll be fine. She pays, ties on the balloons and cycles off, leaving me thinking she's mad. An hour later she walks back in again, she's me and sheepishly asks for 4 more balloons. I ask if they came off the handlebars, she says no, she got them all the way home, untied them but she lost hold of one of them and in a panic she grabbed for it...with the hand holding the other balloons. What amazed me most was that she came back and admitted it!
While working at my grocery store a lady approached me asking where our ice is at. I explained that I would get it for her I just needed to know if she needed a 10 pound bag or 20. She replied what's the difference. Oh I dunno 10 pounds?
I work at a mental health agency and my supervisor, who is British, still has a fairly strong accent. We were talking in the office the other day when a client walked in and earnestly asked her what 'the old British word "twat"' was slang for. Awesome.
I work as flight attendant on small regional planes across Canada. Our small propeller planes seat up to 37 passengers and have only 9 rows. As we fly across some very remote areas to mines, smalls towns and logging facilities we do not always get accurate weather reports. One particularly stormy night over Northern Ontario heading to a small town we flew into a weather... Read More »
I'm an EMT -- I was called out late one night for an elderly lady who slipped and fell in a senior living center. The living attendant greeted me, my partner, and assistant chief at the lobby and said the lady "...slipped on the way to the bathroom". His subtle hint flew over my head until I got off the elevator. I was met by the strong smell of crap, well over 100 feet away... Read More »
I work at a restaurant which doesn't generally attract the most classy, generous customers. One day, four whale-sized women order huge appetizer samplers each and finish up their buffalo wings with several extra sides of bleu cheese dressing. As I reach over, eye-level, the table to grab their finished plates, one of the women decides to unleash a spicy, ghetto belch. Right... Read More »


