You’re Not A Straight Arrow
(My manager frequently calls me into his office or rings me on my desk phone when he isn’t sure how to phrase or spell something. Today, however, was a really good one. My desk line rang and showed his extension.)
Me: “Helloooooo!”
Manager: “Is there a key on the keyboard that makes an arrow?”
Me: “Wait… what?”
Manager: “I want to type an arrow. Is there a way to do that?”
Me: “I usually do a hyphen and a carat.”
Manager: “What? Okay… Hyphen.” *I hear him hit a key in the background* “And what?”
Me: “Like a greater than or less than sign, depending which way you want your arrow to point.”
Manager: “Oh! Yeah! Wait, how do I make those again?”
Me: “Capital period or capital comma, depending.”
Manager: “There it is! AND LOOK AT THAT! AN ARROW! Man, you are SOOO SMART!”
Me: “So it’s not really a key for an arrow, but a combination. A build-your-own-arrow. I can teach you how to make lots of other things too! Some of them are dirty!”
Manager: “Okay, that’s probably enough for today.” *click*
Question of the Week
Have you ever served a bad customer who got what they deserved?
