Girl Friday

Another story from work

Yep another story! Another fun one!! But then, which other stories are worth remembering and telling?

There is an old movie starring, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. It is a dumb story line but there is a pop machine in the movie that never works, it just eats your change...until near the end of the movie that is. Well ours at work can have its days as well. On the day that this incident took place; I was to feel as if I won the lottery.

It was last summer, probably around August-(A very hot day, otherwise I would not have gone to get a pop) I stuck my coins in the slot and pushed the 'Sierra Mist' button. My can came out, and then another, then another, they just kept coming!! I ended up with 9 cans of pop! Yes, I did share with anyone in the office who wanted any. Yes, we did call the company and tell them their machine was malfunctioning. No, I didn't pay for the other cans. I think it all came out even in the end, seeing as the machine usually has the habit of shorting people change. But this wasn't the end! You would almost think I emptied the machine of Sierra Mist, but the next day a co-worker who hadn't heard of the incident, tried to get a Sierra Mist and ended with 6 cans of it!!

This is probably the closest I will be to feeling like I won the lottery. Seeing as I believe that "gambling is a tax on people who are bad at math"!

posted by Anna @ 11:05 PM 8 comments

Stories From Work

I work as a salesman/receptionist/secretary/clerk at a glass shop. Hence the name Girl Friday! Life there can be fun, hard, stressful, and at times amusing. One of the amusing times...

I come into work on a Monday morning; not really wanting to be there after the weekend, but ready to take on the day. Walking into my office I put down my purse and notice a sticky note on the mug that I keep at work. It says 'cup'. Interesting! I look up at my desk and notice that there are a few more small sticky notes around my office. Just about everything moveable had a label on it! There was one for the desk, stapler, phone, mouse, keypad, shiny paper holder, just to name a few! I also had some pics of my niece to which was attached the label: "cutie pie"! I had a really good laugh that gave me a great start for the day! I collected them all up and saved them in my drawer for another day when I needed a laugh! But another laugh came a few days/weeks later. (I can't remember how long it was now!) One day while working I had to refill my 'shiny paper holder'. (it is a holder for 3 inch square sticky notes) I found the last label left!! This one said 'out of paper need to refill'!!

posted by Anna @ 6:01 PM 8 comments