Caille
05-21-2004, 11:00 PM
Subject: life is tough
> >
> > life is tough, tougher if you're stupid
> > ONE~~~~
> > Recently, when I went to 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.
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > TWO~~~~~~
> > 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?" I said to her "I've changed my mind, I don't think I'll
buy
> > that today."
> > She said "OK" and I paid her for the things and left. She had no
clue
>to
> > what had just happened.
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > THREE-----MAKES YOU WONDER HOW THESE PEOPLE CAN SURVIVE!!!
> > A lady at work was seen putting a credit card into her floppy
drive
> > and pulling it out very quickly. When 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."
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > FOUR~~~~
> > 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 door unlocker. Now I can't get into my
car.
> > Do you think they (pointing to a distant convenience 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 drive over there and check about the
>batteries.
> > It's a long walk."
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > FIVE~~~~
> > 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.
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > SIX~~~~
> > 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."
> > The movie!
> > I asked the manager what had happened. He told me that the driver
> > had set the "cruise control" and then went in the back to make a
>sandwich.
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > SEVEN~~~~
> > IDIOTS & COMPUTERS...
> > My neighbor works in the operations department in the central
> > office of a large bank. Employees in the field call him when they
have
> > problems with their computers. One night he got a call from a
woman in
> > one of the branch banks who had this question: "I've got smoke
coming
>from
> > the back of my terminal. Do you guys have a fire downtown?"
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > EIGHT~~~~
> > Police in Radnor, Pennsylvania, interrogated a suspect by placing
a
> > metal colander on his head and connecting it with wires to a
photocopy
> > machine. The message "He's lying" was placed in the copier, and
police
> > pressed the copy button each time they thought the suspect wasn't
>telling
> > the truth. Believing the "lie ! detector" was working, the
suspect
> > confessed.
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > "Life is tough. It's tougher if you're stupid!"
> >
> > life is tough, tougher if you're stupid
> > ONE~~~~
> > Recently, when I went to 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.
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > TWO~~~~~~
> > 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?" I said to her "I've changed my mind, I don't think I'll
buy
> > that today."
> > She said "OK" and I paid her for the things and left. She had no
clue
>to
> > what had just happened.
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > THREE-----MAKES YOU WONDER HOW THESE PEOPLE CAN SURVIVE!!!
> > A lady at work was seen putting a credit card into her floppy
drive
> > and pulling it out very quickly. When 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."
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > FOUR~~~~
> > 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 door unlocker. Now I can't get into my
car.
> > Do you think they (pointing to a distant convenience 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 drive over there and check about the
>batteries.
> > It's a long walk."
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > FIVE~~~~
> > 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.
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > SIX~~~~
> > 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."
> > The movie!
> > I asked the manager what had happened. He told me that the driver
> > had set the "cruise control" and then went in the back to make a
>sandwich.
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > SEVEN~~~~
> > IDIOTS & COMPUTERS...
> > My neighbor works in the operations department in the central
> > office of a large bank. Employees in the field call him when they
have
> > problems with their computers. One night he got a call from a
woman in
> > one of the branch banks who had this question: "I've got smoke
coming
>from
> > the back of my terminal. Do you guys have a fire downtown?"
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > EIGHT~~~~
> > Police in Radnor, Pennsylvania, interrogated a suspect by placing
a
> > metal colander on his head and connecting it with wires to a
photocopy
> > machine. The message "He's lying" was placed in the copier, and
police
> > pressed the copy button each time they thought the suspect wasn't
>telling
> > the truth. Believing the "lie ! detector" was working, the
suspect
> > confessed.
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > "Life is tough. It's tougher if you're stupid!"