All in a Day’s Work
Our teenage granddaughter was thrilled when she landed her first real job waiting tables. But after one shift, the excitement seemed 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.”
—Charles Finlon
Bradenton, Florida
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.” —Mary-anne Reed
Ventura, California
A customer called our Los Angeles travel agency asking how much a round-trip
I can’t believe Zoom gives away their best feature, limiting meetings to 40 minutes, for free.
—Daniel Jalkut,
founder of redsweater.com
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?” —Gloria Melville
North Hollywood,
California
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. —John Lewandowski
South Boston, Virginia
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
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