I just found out my boss gets alerts every time I tweet, so I’d just like to say this meeting is top-notch – an all-time gre ...read more
Recently, an elderly couple visited the interior design store where I work to request an estimate for reupholstering some furnit ...read more
A friend of mine works at a tattoo parlour. A client walked in and got a sentence tattooed on his back. A few hours later the cu ...read more
I was driving home recently when I stopped on impulse at a roadside vegetable stand. It was deserted expect for a sleeping Germa ...read more
I was telling a new friend about my degree in technical theatre with a major in lighting design when she looked at me and said, ...read more
After leaving my job, I was amazed to hear that one of my old colleagues, Alan, had been spotted with a new girlfriend. Alan had ...read more
My husband, a computer-systems troubleshooter, was riding with me in my new car one afternoon when I stopped at a red light.
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I used to work in an Air Force Satellite Control Facility, where we would hold regular status briefings for department heads. On ...read more
Being colour-blind excluded me from certain jobs in the US Marines – but I was so determined that my recruiter took pity on me ...read more
I mentioned to an unmarried friend of mine – an attorney – that he should attend a working singles mixer for lawyers. He hat ...read more
After one glance at my updated driver’s licence photo, I said the first thing that came to mind: “Ugghhh!”
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I work at a garden centre and was tickled to overhear one customer saying to another: “I never knew what compost was until I m ...read more