(My mom and I are at a store on Black Friday, in a line to purchase a special Xbox 360 bundle. We see two employees wheel out some carts filled with the bundles, and while they’re setting up, my mom gives me a nudge.)

Mom: Hey, go over to them and ask if you can buy a bundle.

Me: Why? We’re already in line to get one.

Mom: What if they run out before we get to the front?

Me: We’re fifth in line and it looks like they have at least ten. We’ll be fine.

Mom: Don’t you want to get out of here sooner?

Me: Again, we’re fifth. I don’t think we’ll be waiting that long.

Mom: Just go and ask them!

Me: I’m not going to cut ahead of everyone! Ask them yourself.

Mom: You need to learn to take initiative!

(My mom walks over to the employees to ask. Given that she returns empty-handed, I assume they said no.)

Me: I knew they wouldn’t just let us buy one straight from the cart.

Mom: At least I tried.

(We get to the front of the line and purchase a bundle without further incident.)

First I’d like to say I enjoy building excellent relationships with my clients. Often they become friends, as my small business grows along side of theirs. As a result, I know when many need to laugh, as their technical issues always cause some level of stress, but when multiple things happen in one day, its just a good way to round out a successful ticket. It’s even better when I get to see them laugh with me at some of the stupid things we have to deal with.

I was fighting with Google My Business to get a client’s logo and cover image working properly. I had been going back and forth with the client and Google and finally just had the client add me as a co-owner of the business listing. That seemed to do the trick, and now the logo and cover image (surprise, surprise) started working properly.

Client: “I had issues too when I started this last year. My issue was that the logo came out in funky colors. Just changed you to “owner” and hoping that will help…”

Me: “It let me post the logo now. And it is definitely showing up in some places. What a pain, you weren’t kidding! I may jump onto chat support with Google and see what’s going on if I can today.”

Client: “I am so sorry for the headache!!! At least I know I am not going crazy…”

Me: “Nooooo. It’s not you. It’s big tech… one of those too many cooks in one pot with not enough kitchen… yup… that sounds about right.”

Client: “LOL!!!”

I took my 7 year old son to an indoor playground. He was wearing a sweatshirt with the logo of a famous sports program for disabled people. I’m a five foot tall lady.

Me: Have you seen a kid in a (sports program) sweatshirt?

Middle aged attendant: I noticed he’s a little slow.

Me : (Resists punching out the guy)

For many years I have struggled with depression and anxiety, along with rapid-cycling mood swings and many other things. At this time I had only been treated for the depression and anxiety, although I knew there was definitely something else we were missing. I spoke to my general practitioner about my mood swings rapid-cycling from hyperactive and shaking to heavily depressed within hours, and she referred me to a psychiatrist to see if I possibly had mild Bipolar Disorder. When I went into this appointment the psychiatrist seemed very friendly and listened to me explain my issues.

Me: So I’ve been wondering if it could be mild Bipolar or something along those lines?

Psychiatrist: (very condescendingly and slowly) Why do you want to have Bipolar Disorder?

Me: (hesitating) Uh…I don’t WANT Bipolar, I’m just trying to figure out what’s causing my mood swings.

Psychiatrist: We see lots of people come through these doors every day, many of which have Bipolar Disorder, and you definitely do not have Bipolar.

She then continued to discuss my depression and anxiety at length, although I was already being treated for that. She did give me medication to help my sleeping issues which was the only highlight of the appointment.

A few years later in Australia I made an appointment with a different psychiatrist, who within 20 minutes said to me “well it’s very obvious to me that you have ADHD, and have been dealing with this most – if not all – of your life. It is VERY similar to Bipolar, and can sometimes develop into it.” Definitely always get a second opinion if you aren’t happy!

I’m from New Orleans and am attending college out of state. Now, I’m not really someone who gets into decorating but, on a whim, I take the plastic baby Jesus from the king cake my parents shipped me and tape it to the outside of my dorm room door just for some s***s and giggles. The next day, Mardi Gras day, I hear it fall off but don’t get around to picking it up right away since I’m trying to finish up some work. My roommate and I hear this conversation through our door:

Girl #1: “What the actual f***? Is that a baby?”

Girl #2: “Yeah! It’s a pink f***ing baby! What the hell? Let’s go.”

My roommate and I immediately started cracking up. I went out after a couple of minutes to finally pick it up and apparently the girls took it! I still wonder what they did with it.