>
>
> HOW DO THESE PEOPLE SURVIVE?
> > > >
> 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.
> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> The paragraph above doesn't amaze me because of what happened a
couple of
> months ago. I was checking out at the local Foodland 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?" and 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.....
> > > >
> > > > MAKES YOU WONDER HOW THESE PEOPLE CAN SURVIVE!!!
> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> A lady at work was seen putting a credit card into her floppy drive
and
> pulling it out very quickly. When 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".
> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 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. Do you think they (pointing to
a
> distant convenient 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."
> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 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.
> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> I was in a car dealership a while ago, when a large motor home was
towed
> into
> the garage. The front of the veh! icle was in dire need of repair and
the
> whole thing generally looked like an extra in Twister." I asked the
> manager
> what had happened. He told me that the driver had set the "cruise
control"
> and then went in the back to make a sandwich.
> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > > > IDIOTS AT WORK...
> Sign in a gas station: Coke -- 49 cents. Two for a dollar.
> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> IDIOTS & COMPUTERS... My neighbor works in the operations 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 branch banks who had this question: "I've got smoke
coming
> from
> the back of my terminal. Do you guys have a fire downtown?"
> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> IDIOTS ARE EASY TO PLEASE: I was sitting in my science class, when
the
> teacher commented that the next day would be the shortest day of the
year.
> My lab partner became visibly excited, cheering and clapping. I
explained
>
> to
> her that the amount of daylight changes, not the actual amount of
time.
> Needless to say, she was very disappointed.
> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Police in Radnor, Pennsylvania, interrogated a suspect by placing a
metal
> colander on his head and connecting it with wires to a photocopy
machine.
> The
> message "He's lying" was placed in the copier, and police pressed the
copy
> button each time they th! ought the suspect wasn't telling the truth.
> Believing the "lie detector" was working, the suspect confessed.
> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> "Life is tough. It's tougher if you're stupid."
>
> HOW DO THESE PEOPLE SURVIVE?
> > > >
> 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.
> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> The paragraph above doesn't amaze me because of what happened a
couple of
> months ago. I was checking out at the local Foodland 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?" and 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.....
> > > >
> > > > MAKES YOU WONDER HOW THESE PEOPLE CAN SURVIVE!!!
> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> A lady at work was seen putting a credit card into her floppy drive
and
> pulling it out very quickly. When 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".
> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 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. Do you think they (pointing to
a
> distant convenient 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."
> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 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.
> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> I was in a car dealership a while ago, when a large motor home was
towed
> into
> the garage. The front of the veh! icle was in dire need of repair and
the
> whole thing generally looked like an extra in Twister." I asked the
> manager
> what had happened. He told me that the driver had set the "cruise
control"
> and then went in the back to make a sandwich.
> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > > > IDIOTS AT WORK...
> Sign in a gas station: Coke -- 49 cents. Two for a dollar.
> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> IDIOTS & COMPUTERS... My neighbor works in the operations 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 branch banks who had this question: "I've got smoke
coming
> from
> the back of my terminal. Do you guys have a fire downtown?"
> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> IDIOTS ARE EASY TO PLEASE: I was sitting in my science class, when
the
> teacher commented that the next day would be the shortest day of the
year.
> My lab partner became visibly excited, cheering and clapping. I
explained
>
> to
> her that the amount of daylight changes, not the actual amount of
time.
> Needless to say, she was very disappointed.
> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Police in Radnor, Pennsylvania, interrogated a suspect by placing a
metal
> colander on his head and connecting it with wires to a photocopy
machine.
> The
> message "He's lying" was placed in the copier, and police pressed the
copy
> button each time they th! ought the suspect wasn't telling the truth.
> Believing the "lie detector" was working, the suspect confessed.
> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> "Life is tough. It's tougher if you're stupid."
