They Walk Among Us.

[gonefishie]

They Walk Among Us, and Many Work Retail and exist in Government.

I was at the checkout of a K-Mart. The clerk rang up $46.64 charge. I gave her a fifty dollar bill. She gave me back $46.64. I gave the money back to her and told her that she had made a mistake in MY favor.
She became indignant and informed me she was educated and knew what she was doing, and returned the money again. I gave her the money back, same scenario! I departed the store with the $46.64.

They Walk Among Us and Many Work Retail

I walked into a Starbucks with a buy-one-get-one-free coupon for a Grenade Latte. I handed it to the girl and she looked over at a
little chalkboard that said 'buy-one-get one free.' 'They're already buy-one-get-one-free,' she said, 'so I guess they're both free'
She handed me my free Lattes and I walked out the door.

They Walk Among Us!

One day I was walking down the beach with some friends when one of them shouted, 'Look at that dead bird!' Someone looked up at the
sky and said, 'Where?'


They Walk Among Us!

While looking at a house, my brother asked the real Estate agent which direction was north because, he explained, he didn't want the sun waking him up every morning. She asked, 'Does the sun rise in the North?' When my brother explained that the sun rises in the East, and has for sometime, she shook her head and said, 'Oh I don't keep up with all that stuff.'

They Walk Among Us!!

I used to work in technical support for a 24/7 call center. One day I got a call from an individual who asked what hours the call center was open. I told him, 'The number you dialed is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.' He responded, 'Is that Eastern or Pacific time?' Wanting to end the call quickly, I said, 'Uh, Pacific.'

They Walk Among Us!

My sister has a lifesaving tool in her car designed to cut through a seat belt if she gets trapped. She keeps it in the trunk.


They Walk Among Us!

My friends and I were on a beer run and noticed that the cases were discounted 10%. Since it was a big party, we bought 2 cases. The cashier multiplied 2 times 10% and gave us a 20% discount.

They Walk Among Us!

I couldn't find my luggage at the airport baggage area, so I went to the lost luggage office and told the woman there that my bags never showed up. She smiled and told me not to worry because
she was a trained professional and I was in good hands. 'Now,' she asked me, has your plane arrived yet?'

They Walk Among Us!

While working at a pizza parlor I observed a man Ordering a small pizza to go. He appeared to be alone and the cook asked him if he
would like it cut into 4 pieces or 6. He thought about it for some time before responding. 'Just cut it into 4 pieces; I don't think I'm hungry
enough to eat 6 pieces.'

Yep, They Walk Among Us!

Now I know some of these folks have made it into the ranks of politics in this city/county, and even into positions of authority.

They Walk Among Us, they Reproduce, and Worst of all?
They are partisan Voters! Maybe we should give them a Math test before being allowed to participate in any meaningful manner

 

[Gary H NC]

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Scary but so true!
I was at a fast food place the other day,my order was 5.43,i gave the guy 10.43 and he hands me back 4 bucks! I asked him where my other dollar was and he looked at me like i was crazy.We argued over it until i decided he was too stupid to ever figure it out! Geeze!! I told him keep the freakin dollar you dumba** and drove off.Not worth the time i wasted holding up the lunch time drive through traffic...

I take Nascar Cup cars to special events and the most common question is,Is that a real car?
After they watch me drive it off the trailer.
I tell them no,its inflatable and i fold it up in my luggage when i travel..

 

[joed]

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I wonder you hey had bought ten cases of beer if would have been free.

 

[i386]

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I wonder you hey had bought ten cases of beer if would have been free.

I like the way you think.

 

[thefairlaneman]

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Let me add one. A school bus driver called the early morning dispatcher to report her bus wouldnt start. He then said "OK Do you have an address" she pondered and then said "NO Im wearing blue jeans" true story believe it or not

 

[SgtMaj]

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One day I was walking down the beach with some friends when one of them shouted, 'Look at that dead bird!' Someone looked up at the
sky and said, 'Where?'

That person probably heard 'Look at that red bird!'

I couldn't find my luggage at the airport baggage area, so I went to the lost luggage office and told the woman there that my bags never showed up. She smiled and told me not to worry because
she was a trained professional and I was in good hands. 'Now,' she asked me, has your plane arrived yet?'

Sounds like she meant a connecting flight, since many travellers actually expect to have to pick up their baggage and re-check it for connecting flights, when in actuality, the luggage is of course just loaded directly onto the connecting flight. Sounds to me like the person who couldn't find their luggage was the "they walk among us" person for not being able to figure that out.

I assume this is of course just a copied forwarded email, and that the 'I' in the stories did not actually refer to you.

I take Nascar Cup cars to special events and the most common question is,Is that a real car?
After they watch me drive it off the trailer.
I tell them no,its inflatable and i fold it up in my luggage when i travel..

I think the question they are trying, but failing, to ask is whether or not that car actually raced in a nascar race, or if it was a replica of one of their vehicles.

Let me add one. A school bus driver called the early morning dispatcher to report her bus wouldnt start. He then said "OK Do you have an address" she pondered and then said "NO Im wearing blue jeans" true story believe it or not

Even reading that aloud it sounds like "do you have on a dress?" So it's easy to understand how over a 'fuzzy' radio it would be extremely easy to hear that. The pondering was probably her wondering why the heck the dispatcher wanted to know if she had on a dress or not.

 

[drewmitch44]

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Gonefishe, I worked in a call center also for some time. A thing we were doing for a whyle was free setup support when you bought one of our computers. You could call and we would walk you through pluging the purple plug into the purple socket and so on and so on. Well one day an older lady called and needed help hooking everything up. I get her to get everything plugged in and i think everything is good so i tell her to turn it on. She does and it comes to the screen where it is asking you for time and then personal information and time zone crap. I walk her though entering that information and tell her to click NEXT. There was a sielence and i asked did you click next?, and she said "i dont understand". So i tell her to move the mouse over the "next" on the screen and click on it. She says "which one is the mouse?". I tell her its the small thing that has 2 buttons on it and a wheel in the center of the 2 buttons. There is another silence and i ask her "Did you find It?" and she says "Do you mean the footpedal?" I had to push the mute button cause i just about fell out of my chair right there in the call center. She was saying "Hello are you still there? I have the footpedal with the 2 buttons on it but how do i get it over to the Next on the screen?" I had to unmute and tell her to hold for a second and put her back on mute as i couldent let her hear how hard i was laughing! She had the mouse on the floor and thought it was a foot pedal like her sewing machine. Thats what she told me when i explained to her how to use the mouse. That was the greatest.c

 

[SS MAYFLOAT]

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Friday I working on a shake/sundae machine at one of our stores. I had the control panels off and parts laying everywhere. Then a blonde girl comes up and asks,,,"Can I get an ice cream?",,,,,,,,then others will ask things like "Are you fixing it?", or "Is it broken?" Reminds me of those people who have a flat tire that are asked " Gotta Flat Tire? (while they are looking at it)

Several years ago, I purchased a cheap security system. A monitor and 2 cameras. Two days later, they dropped the price by $50. So I bought another kit so that I could have 2 more cameras and a spare monitor. The cameras would have cost more to buy seperately. I asked the cashier if I could get the $50 dollars off the one I had bought just a day or so earlier. She said all I had to do was bring in the receipt and customer service would adjust it on my credit card account. I had the receipt in my truck, so I got it when I took my new system to the truck. I went back in the store to the customer service desk and explained to the girl about getting the $50 credit to my account. She said no problem and got on the computer and did her thing. She said "Thank You and have a great day" and I said thanks then left. I got home and looked at the receipt,,,,,,,,She gave me credit on the whole amount of $250 which meant I got 2 systems for $200.

I went back to have them correct the problem. The manager was baffled on what to do, so he says to me "Its your lucky day and please accept our apology and gave me a $50 gift card..........Go figure that one out?

 

[Limited-Time]

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A few years back I ordered a 21" monitor from an on line store. Several days later one is delivered. The next day another one arrives. I immediatly check my charge account, there is only one transaction for a single monitor. So I contact the store, inform them about the duplicate shipment and request a return authration for the second monitor. The sales rep asks for my credit card info so he cam credit my account I again explain to him about the duplicate shipment. He apologizes again, and again requests the card number. I tell him I've changed my mind about the return and thank him for his time. The second monitor was donated to Goodwill, so to top it off I received a tax writ off for the free monitor. Yes they do walk among us

 

[SgtMaj]

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A few years back I ordered a 21" monitor from an on line store. Several days later one is delivered. The next day another one arrives. I immediatly check my charge account, there is only one transaction for a single monitor. So I contact the store, inform them about the duplicate shipment and request a return authration for the second monitor. The sales rep asks for my credit card info so he cam credit my account I again explain to him about the duplicate shipment. He apologizes again, and again requests the card number. I tell him I've changed my mind about the return and thank him for his time. The second monitor was donated to Goodwill, so to top it off I received a tax writ off for the free monitor. Yes they do walk among us

When your quality standards are so low that you have to send out two...

 

[SgtMaj]

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Friday I working on a shake/sundae machine at one of our stores. I had the control panels off and parts laying everywhere. Then a blonde girl comes up and asks,,,"Can I get an ice cream?",,,,,,,,then others will ask things like "Are you fixing it?", or "Is it broken?" Reminds me of those people who have a flat tire that are asked " Gotta Flat Tire? (while they are looking at it)

Several years ago, I purchased a cheap security system. A monitor and 2 cameras. Two days later, they dropped the price by $50. So I bought another kit so that I could have 2 more cameras and a spare monitor. The cameras would have cost more to buy seperately. I asked the cashier if I could get the $50 dollars off the one I had bought just a day or so earlier. She said all I had to do was bring in the receipt and customer service would adjust it on my credit card account. I had the receipt in my truck, so I got it when I took my new system to the truck. I went back in the store to the customer service desk and explained to the girl about getting the $50 credit to my account. She said no problem and got on the computer and did her thing. She said "Thank You and have a great day" and I said thanks then left. I got home and looked at the receipt,,,,,,,,She gave me credit on the whole amount of $250 which meant I got 2 systems for $200.

I went back to have them correct the problem. The manager was baffled on what to do, so he says to me "Its your lucky day and please accept our apology and gave me a $50 gift card..........Go figure that one out?

Hey, that sounds like the motorola home sight system and radio shack... if it is, the mgr should have given you a $100 gift card because they dropped from about 2 or 3 hundred bucks to $100 with a $50 mail-in rebate in about a week. I picked up a couple systems myself, then pulled a bonehead move and sent in the rebate forms and receipts without the UPC's only a few days before the promotion expired. But they still gave me the rebate when I did send in the UPC's more than 3 weeks after the promotion ended. For $50 it was a heck of good system, and it started my love affair with security systems. Now I get a picture message on my cell phone when either the front or back doors are opened with pictures of whomever is standing at them, and get text messages whenever a window is opened (oh yeah, I did have to add unlimited messaging to my cell plan). Anytime I want, I can go online and view video footage from the cameras in and outside the house. The fully programmable wall outlets are great too. I set one up to turn the fishtank light on and off at specified times that correlate to the sunrise and sunset so my fish get a real sense of day and night, and of the seasons. Of course I set up another one to control a couple of lights that are turned on and off at random intervals when the system is in away mode.