I thought these were cute and reminded me of a guy that I work with that should never be within 100 feet of a computer. He had gotten an error message that said "Hit any key to continue," well, he tried to figure it our himself, but finally called me back to his cubicle and asked me where the any key was. Needless to say, I was not able to help him for awhile due to excessive laughter.
> > HOW DO THESE FOLKS SURVIVE???!!!
> >
> > At McDonald's I saw on the menu that you could
> > have an order of 6, 9 or 12 Chicken McNuggets. I asked
> > for a half dozen nuggets. "We don't have half dozen nuggets",
> > said the teenager at the counter. "You don't?" I replied.
> > "We only have six, nine, or twelve" was the reply. "So I can't
> > order a half-dozen nuggets, but I can order six?"
> > "That's right." So I shook my head and ordered six McNuggets.
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > The paragraph above doesn't amaze me because of what
> > happened a couple of months ago:
> >
> > I was checking out at the local Foodland with just a few items
> > and the lady behind me put her things on the belt close to
> > mine.
> > I picked up one of those "Dividers" that they keep by the cash
> > register and placed it between our things so they wouldn't get
> > mixed. After the girl had scanned all of my items, she picked
> > up
> > the "Divider" looking it all over for the bar code so she could
> > scan it. Not finding the bar code she said to me "Do you know
> > how much this is?" and I said to her "I've changed my mind, I
> > don't think I'll buy that today". She said "OK" and I paid for
> > the things and left.
> > She had no clue as to what had just happened.....
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > A lady at work was seen putting a credit card into her floppy
> > drive and pulling it out very quickly. When I inquired as to what
> > she was doing, she said she was shopping on the Internet
> > and they kept asking for a credit card number, so she was using
> > the ATM "thingy".
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > I recently saw a distraught young lady weeping beside her car.
> > Do you need some help?" I asked. She replied, "I knew I should
> > have replaced the battery to this remote, think they (pointing to
> > a distant convenient store)would have a battery to fit this?"
> > "Hmmm, I dunno. Do you have an alarm too?" I asked. "No, just
> > this remote thingy," she answered, handing it and the car keys to > > me. As I took the key and manually unlocked the door, I
> > replied, "Why don't you driveover there and check about the
batteries--it's a long walk.
> >
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > Several years ago, we had an intern who was none too swift.
> > One day she was typing and turned to a secretary and said,
> > "I'm almost out of typing paper. What do I do?" "Just use copier
> > machine paper," the secretary told her. With that, the intern
> > took her last remaining blank piece of paper, put it on the
> > photocopier and proceeded to make five "blank"copies.
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > I was in a car dealership a while ago, when a large motor home
> > was towed into the garage. The front of the vehicle was in dire
> > need of repair and the whole thing generally looked like an extra > > in "Twister". I asked the manager what had happened.
> > He told me that the driver had set the "cruise control" and then
> > wentin the back to make a sandwich.
> > Everyone has a right to be stupid. Some just abuse the privilege.
> > HOW DO THESE FOLKS SURVIVE???!!!
> >
> > At McDonald's I saw on the menu that you could
> > have an order of 6, 9 or 12 Chicken McNuggets. I asked
> > for a half dozen nuggets. "We don't have half dozen nuggets",
> > said the teenager at the counter. "You don't?" I replied.
> > "We only have six, nine, or twelve" was the reply. "So I can't
> > order a half-dozen nuggets, but I can order six?"
> > "That's right." So I shook my head and ordered six McNuggets.
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > The paragraph above doesn't amaze me because of what
> > happened a couple of months ago:
> >
> > I was checking out at the local Foodland with just a few items
> > and the lady behind me put her things on the belt close to
> > mine.
> > I picked up one of those "Dividers" that they keep by the cash
> > register and placed it between our things so they wouldn't get
> > mixed. After the girl had scanned all of my items, she picked
> > up
> > the "Divider" looking it all over for the bar code so she could
> > scan it. Not finding the bar code she said to me "Do you know
> > how much this is?" and I said to her "I've changed my mind, I
> > don't think I'll buy that today". She said "OK" and I paid for
> > the things and left.
> > She had no clue as to what had just happened.....
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > A lady at work was seen putting a credit card into her floppy
> > drive and pulling it out very quickly. When I inquired as to what
> > she was doing, she said she was shopping on the Internet
> > and they kept asking for a credit card number, so she was using
> > the ATM "thingy".
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > I recently saw a distraught young lady weeping beside her car.
> > Do you need some help?" I asked. She replied, "I knew I should
> > have replaced the battery to this remote, think they (pointing to
> > a distant convenient store)would have a battery to fit this?"
> > "Hmmm, I dunno. Do you have an alarm too?" I asked. "No, just
> > this remote thingy," she answered, handing it and the car keys to > > me. As I took the key and manually unlocked the door, I
> > replied, "Why don't you driveover there and check about the
batteries--it's a long walk.
> >
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > Several years ago, we had an intern who was none too swift.
> > One day she was typing and turned to a secretary and said,
> > "I'm almost out of typing paper. What do I do?" "Just use copier
> > machine paper," the secretary told her. With that, the intern
> > took her last remaining blank piece of paper, put it on the
> > photocopier and proceeded to make five "blank"copies.
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > I was in a car dealership a while ago, when a large motor home
> > was towed into the garage. The front of the vehicle was in dire
> > need of repair and the whole thing generally looked like an extra > > in "Twister". I asked the manager what had happened.
> > He told me that the driver had set the "cruise control" and then
> > wentin the back to make a sandwich.
> > Everyone has a right to be stupid. Some just abuse the privilege.