greatcircle · Nov 12, 2002 08:40 AM
#0 sourceThese are kind of funny!
>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.....
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>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 UN-locker. 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.
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
>CONCLUSION:
>"Life is tough. It's tougher if you're stupid."
>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.....
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>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 UN-locker. 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.
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
>CONCLUSION:
>"Life is tough. It's tougher if you're stupid."
Carl