Comments on: Don't Fire The Shot Until You Know Who Is In The Room!

By: Merrill Dubrow

Merrill Dubrow — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:36:35 +0000

Jocelyn,

Seems like we all rely on email way to much - hopefully they weren’t your next door neighbor for too long before you asked them that question.

Thanks for sharing.

Merrill

By: Merrill Dubrow

Merrill Dubrow — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:35:29 +0000

Alan,

I am still laughing that is one of the funniest things I have ever heard. Thanks for sharing.

Merrill

By: Alan L

Alan L — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:32:48 +0000

I was once eating at a Hibachi Steak House. We had 6 out of the 8 seats at the grill. It turned out that the 2 other people seated with us were from the same industry. They asked me where I worked and after telling them, I asked them if they knew anyone who worked there. To my surprise they said yes and dropped my name. I asked them how well they knew that person and was told they had actually only spoken by phone. I told them that now it would be ok to say they met me.

By: Jocelyn Smith

Jocelyn Smith — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:11:20 +0000

I work for a very large healthcare company that employs hundreds of thousands of people, and I email daily with many, but rarely meet them face to face. I was mortified last year at a work function when I asked the woman seated next to me if she knew “Jane Doe” and her response was “That’s me!”. I only knew her via email and I asked her if she knew herself. Very embarassing!

By: Merrill Dubrow

Merrill Dubrow — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:52:12 +0000

G-Man,

I am speechless that someone would actually do that. Simply amazing!

Thanks for sharing.

Merrill

By: G-Man

G-Man — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:32:22 +0000

I had a boss that used to love to hear the gossip that went on in the bathrooms at work. She used to lift her legs, so people could not tell that anyone was in the stall.

Seeing that I am a male, one might wonder how I know all of this. Well, she told me as she asked me to place one of my Representatives on a warning for talking bad about her in the bathroom.

By: Merrill Dubrow

Merrill Dubrow — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:58:24 +0000

Steve,

That is a very funny story - thanks for sharing.

Merrill

By: Steve Runfeldt

Steve Runfeldt — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:32:37 +0000

A few years ago we built a new house out in the country in North Georgia. Our builder subcontracted with a local plumber. This guy and his helpers were a little, shall we say, rough. We were trying to keep the price down and this guy recommended using the kind of plastic pipe that is normally used in mobile homes. He told us that his brother was the building inspector so that he could get it to pass.

When we were moving in, I went back to our temporary apartment and met two young men who were moving in. We had had plumbing problems there, so when I met the new tenants, I mentioned that to them. One guy said, “That’s no problem, I’m a plumber. He’s a plumber. My Dad’s a plumber. My uncle’s a plumber. We can fix any problem.”

So I asked him for a card, saying that we had just moved into a new house and could always use a good plumber. He asked, “What’s wrong with the plumber who did the house?”

I asked him, “Did you ever see the Bob Newhart Show, with Larry, Darrel and Darrel? Well, that’s our plumbers.”

He asked me, “What’s his name?”

I told him that I did not recall the name, but that his brother was the building inspector.

The next thing I heard was, “That’s my Dad.”

I tried to explain and apologize, but all he said was, “Don’t say any more or I’ll have to hit ya.”

Oops.