Members Renfield Posted September 23, 2009 Members Share Posted September 23, 2009 Feel free to share you own humorous stories that happen in your work day. Names/faces/places can be changed for obvious discretion. This just happened, and it made me laugh, so I had to share with you all. A coworker needed a new power bar for some reason, and one of our engineers was walking by at that moment and said he had a few spares in his office, he'd give one up to him. (Little background... the engineer in question is originally from Egypt, and has a hilarious sense of humour, and encourages it when we make terrorist cracks his way, it happens often) So he goes and gets it and brings back flight command! This power bar is massive, and has about 40 jacks for things I don't even know what they do on it. He walks away and my coworker goes to connect it all up. When he hits the button to power the whole thing up, not only does his entire cubicle go black for a moment, so does the guy's next to him, including shutting off his computer. The guy who turned it on starts fumbling with wires and connectors trying to see what went wrong, the other guy just reboots, not quite having identified what caused the electrical hiccup that shut his system off in the first place. Guy #1 powers things up again, and everything in both goes black again in both cubes. All I hear from over the wall is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members t3ch Posted September 23, 2009 Members Share Posted September 23, 2009 pfffffffft ahhahahaha. Awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BottomHeavyKate Posted September 23, 2009 Members Share Posted September 23, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Super_Donut_Man Posted September 23, 2009 Members Share Posted September 23, 2009 I received this email about 2 years ago (it was a reply all to a guy who, to put it lightly, was social retard) NIce but I wont be here. Stop doing so much big deal about it, because that is making you to get more attention. Which is the part that you don't like..... and less is the other way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Renfield Posted September 23, 2009 Author Members Share Posted September 23, 2009 NIce but I wont be here. Stop doing so much big deal about it, because that is making you to get more attention. Which is the part that you don't like..... and less is the other way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members absintheXIII Posted September 23, 2009 Members Share Posted September 23, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members t3ch Posted September 23, 2009 Members Share Posted September 23, 2009 fixed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members FreestyleIntruder Posted September 23, 2009 Members Share Posted September 23, 2009 One my dad told me ages ago, when he was working in the middle east - a conversation between two Muslim dudes at his workplace shortly before Eid Milad un Nabi (the prophet's birthday) Dude #1 - What are you doing for Mohamed's birthday?Dude #2 - Mohamed who? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Davedblyoo Posted September 23, 2009 Members Share Posted September 23, 2009 One time I drove my concrete mixer around the back of a doublewide trailer to pour a patio. The finisher ran me right over the septic tank, breaking the top of the tank and dropping huge pieces of concrete into the stew, making a big splash that covered eveyone on the back porch with the contents of the tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LouSpaceMonkey Posted September 23, 2009 Members Share Posted September 23, 2009 Snort Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members collinwho Posted September 23, 2009 Members Share Posted September 23, 2009 I'm always listening to lawyers speak with writers on the type of cases they work on, and how they approach those cases. Because the details of this information often aren't that pertinent to my role, I just barely pay attention. So I often just catch snippets of conversation that taken out of context are hilarious/horrible. Some examples: "Oh yeah, we love sexual assault.""How about, you'll die in jail if you don't call me""I have nothing against embezzlement"etcetcetc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Renfield Posted September 23, 2009 Author Members Share Posted September 23, 2009 "How about, you'll die in jail if you don't call me" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sugarskull Posted September 23, 2009 Members Share Posted September 23, 2009 I'm always listening to lawyers speak with writers on the type of cases they work on, and how they approach those cases. Because the details of this information often aren't that pertinent to my role, I just barely pay attention. So I often just catch snippets of conversation that taken out of context are hilarious/horrible. Some examples: "Oh yeah, we love sexual assault." "How about, you'll die in jail if you don't call me" "I have nothing against embezzlement" etc etc etc I have overheard conversations like that before too, but I was working in bar at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MarvinDog Posted September 23, 2009 Members Share Posted September 23, 2009 ... concrete mixer ... doublewide trailer ... septic tank ... stew ... That's pure Americana right there. Put that story above the Mason-Dixon line and it'd sound just like some of my family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phildogger Posted September 23, 2009 Members Share Posted September 23, 2009 Oooh La La! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zachoff Posted September 23, 2009 Members Share Posted September 23, 2009 I'm always listening to lawyers speak with writers on the type of cases they work on, and how they approach those cases. Because the details of this information often aren't that pertinent to my role, I just barely pay attention. So I often just catch snippets of conversation that taken out of context are hilarious/horrible. Some examples: "Oh yeah, we love sexual assault." "How about, you'll die in jail if you don't call me" "I have nothing against embezzlement" etc etc etc I once heard a sales guy at one of my previous jobs say "Yeah, that won't be a problem for us to integrate our tool with your backend." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members perrydabassman Posted September 23, 2009 Members Share Posted September 23, 2009 One time I drove my concrete mixer around the back of a doublewide trailer to pour a patio. The finisher ran me right over the septic tank, breaking the top of the tank and dropping huge pieces of concrete into the stew, making a big splash that covered eveyone on the back porch with the contents of the tank. Did they nickname you davypoo after that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Davedblyoo Posted September 23, 2009 Members Share Posted September 23, 2009 Did they nickname you davypoo after that? That's davedblpoo to you, sir. :poke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Docta Jones Posted September 23, 2009 Members Share Posted September 23, 2009 I spent three years working customer service for verizon wireless through an outsource company in the US. Two and a half of those years were spent taking supervisor calls. IE you ask for a supervisor, you get me. The following are word for word statements made to customers by other "supervisors". I kept a notepad open every day and when gems like these came out I copied them into a notebook that I still have today. The notebook actually fell into the hands of the general manager one day, who promptly photocopied it and tacked it on her wall. It's New every Two, not new every one and a half You did give us a chance, but on your terms We could have a conversation about stupidity and understanding but I have nothing to substantiate your claim Your phone is basically malnourished I'm not saying this is your fault, I'm telling you the reality of the situation You are creating situations in your mind that I cannot compensate for I don't think that changing the color of the phone will change the technical issue At this point you have stopped making sense so there's nowhere we can go with this I'm glad your sons 18 now he can get a job and help pay for this I can't override reality based on your intentions Your age doesn't make me able to waive the fee Sir I'm sorry we replaced your phone with a superior model I can give you $5 but I would have to charge you $40 I don't know how I can make that any more clear Unfortunately I don't have the ability to go into someones head to find out why they transferred you off to me You opted to do this. I understand she was pressuring you but you are an adult You're frustrated because you're not listening I can't just flat out give you a free phone, it doesn't work that way If I can do whatever I want then I'm declining to give you a free phone You can't take a big mac back to burger king Did you miss the part where I said I would credit that? You don't get a one time courtesy credit every month I think the rep was confused as to what you were asking or confused as to what he was saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Kindness Posted September 23, 2009 Moderators Share Posted September 23, 2009 NIce but I wont be here. Stop doing so much big deal about it, because that is making you to get more attention. Which is the part that you don't like..... and less is the other way. This should be the moderator's message to posts that are over the line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jonjohn Posted September 24, 2009 Members Share Posted September 24, 2009 I spent three years working customer service ....Snip That's funny. I would like to hear more of some of those conversations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members perrydabassman Posted September 24, 2009 Members Share Posted September 24, 2009 That's davedblpoo to you, sir. :poke: sorry for the misspell, I AM from Tennessee you know......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Renfield Posted September 24, 2009 Author Members Share Posted September 24, 2009 We could have a conversation about stupidity and understanding but I have nothing to substantiate your claim I'm not saying this is your fault, I'm telling you the reality of the situation You are creating situations in your mind that I cannot compensate for *Dies laughing* I'm using one of these next time I get one of those calls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wades_keys Posted September 24, 2009 Members Share Posted September 24, 2009 This takes place in the bathroom: A phone rings inside an occupied stall. I recognize my co-workers voice as he answers the phone. The conversation I overheard sounded something like this:"Hi Honey UGGGGGHHHH""Yeah, I'll > stop by the store on the way home" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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