Work Tales.

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And everything will appear to be fixed, until the next time it rains.

--A

[Sorus]

In spite of the fact that the building I work in isn't all that old many of the ceiling tiles are stained by roof leaks. Seems every summer, during the worst of the Tropical storm season, we find new leaks. You know, because of the "sideways rain". Heh, we're used to it here in Florida as rain rarely just drops harmlessly out of the sky. It gets hurled with amazing force by turbulent gusts of wind. Anyway I see a roofing contractor out in the parking lot so maybe today they'll start patching holes.

How'd it handle Irma?


Random work story - my workplace uses corn-based packing peanuts. They're nice because they're environmentally friendly and they smell like cereal. The downside to that is that mice find them irresistible. So now I'm dealing with a mouse party in the warehouse.

[Cord Hurn]

In spite of the fact that the building I work in isn't all that old many of the ceiling tiles are stained by roof leaks. Seems every summer, during the worst of the Tropical storm season, we find new leaks. You know, because of the "sideways rain". Heh, we're used to it here in Florida as rain rarely just drops harmlessly out of the sky. It gets hurled with amazing force by turbulent gusts of wind. Anyway I see a roofing contractor out in the parking lot so maybe today they'll start patching holes.

How'd it handle Irma?


Random work story - my workplace uses corn-based packing peanuts. They're nice because they're environmentally friendly and they smell like cereal. The downside to that is that mice find them irresistible. So now I'm dealing with a mouse party in the warehouse.

The environmentally-friendly nature of the packing peanuts as insulation is something I can relate to.

The crunching sounds of the mice in the walls would get on my nerves, however.

Definitely sounds like a mixed blessing, Sorus!

[Cord Hurn]

And everything will appear to be fixed, until the next time it rains.

--A

That's the way it seems to work for me as well, alas!

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So now I'm dealing with a mouse party in the warehouse.

Bring the cats to work.

--A

[Sorus]

I suggested getting a cat for the warehouse, but I don't think they took me seriously.

[Skyweir]

Hahahaha!!! That whole situation is hilarious! Ahh .. the house that Jack built

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I suggested getting a cat for the warehouse, but I don't think they took me seriously.

On the other hand, then you'd be cleaning up little furry mouse corpses...

--A

[peter]

A lady customer who is a regular came to the counter the other day and said in a straight faced tone "This isn't what it looks like." Looking down at her items I saw a pair of rubber gloves, a bottle of baby lotion and a cucumber.

[Khaliban]

My supervisor at my last job criticized me for not working Sunday overtime, because I was running the Chicago Triathlon.

[Sorus]

A lady customer who is a regular came to the counter the other day and said in a straight faced tone "This isn't what it looks like." Looking down at her items I saw a pair of rubber gloves, a bottle of baby lotion and a cucumber.

I used to play WoW with a guy who was an ER doctor. He would regale us (whether we wanted or not) with tales of people coming in with various things stuck in various orifices. Lightbulbs were a favorite, or at least the favorite most likely to land one in the ER.

[peter]

A lady customer who is a regular came to the counter the other day and said in a straight faced tone "This isn't what it looks like." Looking down at her items I saw a pair of rubber gloves, a bottle of baby lotion and a cucumber.

I used to play WoW with a guy who was an ER doctor. He would regale us (whether we wanted or not) with tales of people coming in with various things stuck in various orifices. Lightbulbs were a favorite, or at least the favorite most likely to land one in the ER.

I have heard that such practices go on but for the life of me can't imagine the fun in it; still - there's room for all sorts. ....... No - I didn't mean..........!

[Cagliostro]

I've never understood lightbulbs there. Why would you want to put something where you don't want to get cut that is made of glass and could break? Do you think it might light up and turn on when you get turned on? I don't get it. A slightly warmed carrot works just fine.

I may have said too much.

[Skyweir]

A lady customer who is a regular came to the counter the other day and said in a straight faced tone "This isn't what it looks like." Looking down at her items I saw a pair of rubber gloves, a bottle of baby lotion and a cucumber.

I used to play WoW with a guy who was an ER doctor. He would regale us (whether we wanted or not) with tales of people coming in with various things stuck in various orifices. Lightbulbs were a favorite, or at least the favorite most likely to land one in the ER.

I have heard that such practices go on but for the life of me can't imagine the fun in it; still - there's room for all sorts. ....... No - I didn't mean..........!

Hahahaha!! Trevor took a job putting X-ray film into microfiche for hospital records - back in the day when microfiche was THE THING!! Funny the guy he worked for offered him his future (in microfiche) .. but he continued at Uni in law!! But he was greatly tempted to jump on the microfiche train. Sadly it ran out of tracks .. and well .. that's all history now

But the things he saw!! Yep light bulbs, bottles... vibratory, knitting needles, pins , screws (also things people swallowed... ) .... *shudders* must be a love pain thing .. can't even imagine!!! .. Lots of lube???? *stop imaging*

[deer of the dawn]

Geehh, getting back to G-rated... when I taught Kindergarten I would introduce basic punctuation. I had so far showed kids the period, comma, apostrophe, and question mark. I was writing a sentence on the board and pointed to an apostrophe and asked if anyone could remember what it was called.

After a moment I called on a little boy raising a tentative hand. "An abomination?"

I died.

[peter]

Lovely!

(Apologies deer, for the straying into the land of r-rated! )

[Sorus]

Hey, I was deliberately restrained. I could have added details that'd make your hair curl.


(Assuming your hair isn't already curled. That's a stupid expression. Where did it come from? Now I must look it up.)

[peter]

No - such hair as remains to me is white and cut to a respectable half inch length (for both ease of maintenance and maintenance of dignity purposes - or because it's the only cut my wife has mastered. ).

[deer of the dawn]

And mine has always been poker-straight. Don't worry, I'm pretty thick-skinned.

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These days I shave my head.

Ah, the joys of returning to work after a week off and starting to sift through 250+ emails...

--A