Train Tickets
So I work in a place where there are a lot of brainiacs around who know about science. A lot of wackos call up and want to know things or tell things to the brains or as it turns out usually to me, cause no one else really wants to talk to them. I always explain to them that I dont know anything about this stuff as I am just the receptionist, but this doesnt seem to bother many people.
I have lots of serial callers, the strangest of whom just calls and sighs a lot then says 'so what do you think?'
'What do I think about what?' I reply
'Well, I just want to get your opinion'
'I dont really have the time to talk to you today sir'
'Time, now thats a funny thing, what do you think about Time'
It goes on like that for a while.
I had a lady call me up this morning wanting to talk to someone about magnets. What about magnets I asked.
'Well I want to find out a way to stop my train tickets from demagnetizing because they always do and its EXTREMELY frustrating'
She sounded pissed off, like I had been goin into her bags and rubbing magnets on her tickets. Like I got nothing better to do! I asked a couple of people if they wanted to talk to her, no one did, so it was left up to me.
Anyways I said to her that it would be better for her to call the place that sell her the tickets as they would have a better idea of what they are made of exactly.
'Well I already tried that and they just told me not to let it near any magnets'
'Well DO you put it near magnets?'
'Yes'
'Well I think that is the problem'
'No no, you dont understand, I have a purse with a magnetic clip like all women! They dont make them without magnetic clips!!'
'I dont think thats true, you can get them without magnets'
'NOT THAT IVE SEEN'
It was then that I realised that I was going nowhere. For some bloody reason this woman decided they only made one fuking purse in the world. Now unless she is a communist I'm pretty sure there is a whole range to choose from. Ive seen women around, they have lots of different kinds of purses.
But she was determined to get an answer on how to store the tickets without gettin magnets all over them.
'How bout putting them in your pocket'
'They would fall out!'
'Your shoe'
'Thats not very convenient!'
'Well you just need to keep them away from magnets. Find somewhere without magnets and put them in there'
'I dont have anywhere!!!!'
I then said I couldnt help her and I was busy. She sounded pissed off and hung up.
HAVE MERCY!!!
I have lots of serial callers, the strangest of whom just calls and sighs a lot then says 'so what do you think?'
'What do I think about what?' I reply
'Well, I just want to get your opinion'
'I dont really have the time to talk to you today sir'
'Time, now thats a funny thing, what do you think about Time'
It goes on like that for a while.
I had a lady call me up this morning wanting to talk to someone about magnets. What about magnets I asked.
'Well I want to find out a way to stop my train tickets from demagnetizing because they always do and its EXTREMELY frustrating'
She sounded pissed off, like I had been goin into her bags and rubbing magnets on her tickets. Like I got nothing better to do! I asked a couple of people if they wanted to talk to her, no one did, so it was left up to me.
Anyways I said to her that it would be better for her to call the place that sell her the tickets as they would have a better idea of what they are made of exactly.
'Well I already tried that and they just told me not to let it near any magnets'
'Well DO you put it near magnets?'
'Yes'
'Well I think that is the problem'
'No no, you dont understand, I have a purse with a magnetic clip like all women! They dont make them without magnetic clips!!'
'I dont think thats true, you can get them without magnets'
'NOT THAT IVE SEEN'
It was then that I realised that I was going nowhere. For some bloody reason this woman decided they only made one fuking purse in the world. Now unless she is a communist I'm pretty sure there is a whole range to choose from. Ive seen women around, they have lots of different kinds of purses.
But she was determined to get an answer on how to store the tickets without gettin magnets all over them.
'How bout putting them in your pocket'
'They would fall out!'
'Your shoe'
'Thats not very convenient!'
'Well you just need to keep them away from magnets. Find somewhere without magnets and put them in there'
'I dont have anywhere!!!!'
I then said I couldnt help her and I was busy. She sounded pissed off and hung up.
HAVE MERCY!!!
posted by matt at 11:28 AM
2 Comments:
Hey, some people aren't happy until they're enclosed in a lead packet with adhesive closing strip.
Overheard a woman on the bus complaining that she had bought a second purse to keep her bus tickets in... but kept it in the purse with the magnet. She couldn't believe that that didn't work for her. Maybe this is the same woman... classic!
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