September 11, 2008

• Is it Friday yet?

  From a new retiree:

  As many of you know, I had ambitions of finding a simple, uncomplicated part time job after retiring from my “day job”.  Unfortunately, as I have gotten a little older, I have become a little less sensitive.  So, after landing my new job as a Wal-Mart greeter, a good find for many retirees, I lasted less than a day.

  About two hours into my first day on the job, a very loud, unattractive, mean-acting woman walked into the store with her two kids, yelling obscenities at them all the way through the entrance.  As I had been instructed, I said pleasantly, ‘Good morning, and welcome to Wal-Mart.  Nice children you have there.  Are they twins?’  

  The ugly woman stopped yelling long enough to say, ‘Hell no, they ain’t twins.  The oldest one’s 9 and the other one’s 7.  Why the hell would you think they’re twins?  Are you blind or just stupid?’  

  So I replied, ‘I’m neither blind nor stupid, Ma’am.  I just couldn’t believe that you got laid twice. Have a good day and thank you for shopping at Wal-Mart.’

  My supervisor said I probably wasn’t cut out for this line of work.

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