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Me: *Scans the customer's last item.* "Your total is $30.12."
The customer, probably about twelve or thirteen years old, gives me a dime, a nickel… and a $30 bill.
Me: "Uh…"
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My Mom's dad had passed away a couple of days previously. The night before the funeral, a dark and stormy night, the funeral home called at 9 PM to tell my mom she had forgotten a tie for the suit for tomorrow's showing. She freaked out, realizing she would have to drive over to the nursing home to fetch a tie and then drive to the funeral home.
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askamanager_feedIt’s the Thursday “ask the readers” question. A reader writes:
Luckily no one in my office is biting anyone, but my formerly pretty-good job has devolved into a toxic mess.
I found myself pressing my ear against my wall to try and glean basic (not sensitive or confidential) information I needed to do my job by eavesdropping on a conversation next door. My officemate wasn’t ruffled; instead he grabbed a glass to better hear it, because that was a reasonable reaction to the situation we are in.
Obviously we need to get the hell out, and we’re working on it.
But in the meantime, I’d love to hear readers share their own behavior that made perfect sense in the context of their office dysfunction … and would be horrifying anywhere else. (And advice on keeping your “normal meter” calibrated among that level of chaos is extremely welcome.)
Readers, this is your moment! What dysfunctional behavior did a toxic office drive you to after warping your normal meter?
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conulynotalwaysright_feedRead Free The Calendar
I’m talking to a friend about when we can get together in the second month of summer. Relevant: I’m White, she’s Black.
Me: "How about the 19th?"
Friend: "Sorry, my family’s going to be celebrating Juneteenth."
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Customer: "I want the mud slide pie flavor."
All the flavors have little pictures, and the picture of this flavor was a sliver of chocolate pie with whipped cream and a cherry. I pull the lever, and the correct-flavored froyo comes out.
Customer: *Confused and disgusted.* "Where's the whipped cream and cherry?"
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After leaving the Marines, the spousal unit was able to get his teaching certification through the Troops to Teachers program and began looking for jobs. The staff at a small country school district where he applied interviewed him, liked what they saw, and submitted his CV to the school board for approval to hire him as a geography teacher.
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