>> > >
>> > >How do these People survive?
>> > >
>> > > > > >>> >
>> > >
>> > > > > >>> > 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
>> > >
>> > > > > >>> >
>> > >
>> > > > > >>> > I was checking out at the local Wal-Mart 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
>> > >
>> > > > > >>> >
>> > >
>> > > > > >>> > 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."
>> > >
>> > > > > >>> >
>> > >
>> > > > > >>> > 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." 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 tuna sandwich.
>> > >
>> > > > > >>> >
>> > >
>> > > > > >>> > SEVEN
>> > >
>> > > > > >>> >
>> > >
>> > > > > >>> > 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, Pa., 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.
>> > >
>> > > > > >>> >
>> > >
>> > > > > >>> > NINE
>> > >
>> > > > > >>> >
>> > >
>> > > > > >>> > A mother calls 911 very worried asking the
>> > >
>> > > > > >>> > dispatcher if she needs to take her kid to the
>> > >
>> > > > > >>> > emergency room, the kid was eating ants, the
>> > >
>> > > > > >>> > dispatcher tells her to give the kid some Benadryl
>> > >
>> > > > > >>> > and should be fine,the mother says, I just gave him
>> > >
>> > > > > >>> > some ant killer......Dispatcher: Rush him in to
>> > >
>> > > > > >>> > Emergency!
>> > >
>> > > > > >>> >
>> > >
>> > > > > >>> >
>> > >
>> > > > > >>> >
>> > >
>> > > > > >>> > "Life is Tough. It's Tougher if you're Stupid. "
>
>> > >How do these People survive?
>> > >
>> > > > > >>> >
>> > >
>> > > > > >>> > 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
>> > >
>> > > > > >>> >
>> > >
>> > > > > >>> > I was checking out at the local Wal-Mart 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
>> > >
>> > > > > >>> >
>> > >
>> > > > > >>> > 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."
>> > >
>> > > > > >>> >
>> > >
>> > > > > >>> > 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." 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 tuna sandwich.
>> > >
>> > > > > >>> >
>> > >
>> > > > > >>> > SEVEN
>> > >
>> > > > > >>> >
>> > >
>> > > > > >>> > 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, Pa., 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.
>> > >
>> > > > > >>> >
>> > >
>> > > > > >>> > NINE
>> > >
>> > > > > >>> >
>> > >
>> > > > > >>> > A mother calls 911 very worried asking the
>> > >
>> > > > > >>> > dispatcher if she needs to take her kid to the
>> > >
>> > > > > >>> > emergency room, the kid was eating ants, the
>> > >
>> > > > > >>> > dispatcher tells her to give the kid some Benadryl
>> > >
>> > > > > >>> > and should be fine,the mother says, I just gave him
>> > >
>> > > > > >>> > some ant killer......Dispatcher: Rush him in to
>> > >
>> > > > > >>> > Emergency!
>> > >
>> > > > > >>> >
>> > >
>> > > > > >>> >
>> > >
>> > > > > >>> >
>> > >
>> > > > > >>> > "Life is Tough. It's Tougher if you're Stupid. "
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