All in a Day’s WORK
Name Dropping? More like Name Breaking
✦ I was bemoaning to a friend how my last name, Loyer, is frequently changed to Lawyer by spell-check. “I can top that,” he said. He’s an anesthesiologist named Bause. “But,” he said, “spellcheck insists on calling me Dr. Abuse.”
—Milton Loyer
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
✦ Though my last name is not long, it can be confusing. So when a receptionist asked for it, I tried simplifying matters by saying “It’s the first four letters of ‘suggest.’”
She smiled. “And how do you spell that?”
—Deb Sugg
Midland, Michigan
✦ Upon retiring as a church secretary, I gave my replacement a Rolodex brimming with all the contact info she would likely need. One day, she texted me asking for a name to be
included in the newsletter. I responded simply: “Rolodex.” A week later, the newsletter announced the wedding anniversary of Rolodex and Kathy Thomas. —Christine Morse
Medina, Ohio
Client: I put these documents in the fax machine, but they didn’t come back out.
Me: That’s the paper shredder.
Client: Oh! Can you set it to reverse? Those papers are important. —From Clients From Hell
During our geography class, I asked my sixth graders if anyone could spell Mississippi. One student asked, “Do you want the river or the state?”
—Wilson Frampton
Lewes, Delaware
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