Not so funny joke of the day.

[jonezy999]

You know the type of joke you hear routinely from customers like, "I have a hammer if you want to borrow it" or "that machine would make a good fishing drop" or "I hope you can get that back together."

I get this shit all day long, add your own favorite.

[Zeldaman]

[mjarbar]

Re: Not so funny joke of the day.

Your here so often we were thinking of giving you...

...Your own parking space
...Your own mug
...Your own desk.

Change as required!

And especally funny as my last visit was over six months ago!

[mrwho]

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If the machine keeps doing it, I'm placing it outside for you guys to pick it up.

[daveyball]

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You might as well come to the STAFF Xmas party.

[blackcat4866]

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You might as well come to the STAFF Xmas party.

In actuality I've attended at least 6 staff Xmas parties each year, but I like to think it's because of our close personal relationship, not a defect in a piece of office equipment. =^..^=

[fixthecopier]

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All units of the military have a set of chain of command photo's on the wall starting with the prez and ending with that companies First Sargent. I used to beat them to the punch by pulling out an copy of a picture of me and offer to let them add me to the chain of command. A couple of the did, til a high ranking officer came in and ask "Who the hell is that?"

[vincent64]

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I, too have heard a few of them, like..."what you hear again?" oh no not again....well I came up with the best answer back, I told one, yes mam,and this time I brought my toothbrush...never heard anything else from them about it.

[daveyball]

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In actuality I've attended at least 6 staff Xmas parties each year, but I like to think it's because of our close personal relationship, not a defect in a piece of office equipment. =^..^=

Same here, but some of the invites have been sarcastic comments, no where near Xmas

[blackcat4866]

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In my opinion, the best answer for these quips is none at all. I always smile brightly, and look them right in the face but say nothing. Sometimes they think that I didn't hear so they repeat their witticism. On the second or third repetition it starts to sound even more stupid than it was the first time and they slink away. =^..^=

[gwaddle]

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In my opinion, the best answer for these quips is none at all. I always smile brightly, and look them right in the face but say nothing. Sometimes they think that I didn't hear so they repeat their witticism. On the second or third repetition it starts to sound even more stupid than it was the first time and they slink away. =^..^=

I do the same except without the smile. Just can't do it any more.

[emujo]

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"must be a big problem, you brought the book with you"
"can I just make 1 copy, and then you can continue"
"are you going to fix it right this time"


But I can usually get them off my back with "it should be OK, I read the manual this morning"

Emujo

[kyrenecopy]

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Of course a sarcastic, snarky come back is always best. When they say I should get an office there I always come back with great, I want a corner office with windows, my own desk and a big paycheck. Where is HR located?

[kingarthur]

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The usual one, when you have a m/c in pieces...."oh..is it working?"....i normally reply, "yes it's working perfectly, but as i was bored, i decided to come & take your m/c apart...."......or they say.."oh...dont suppose i can use it at the moment?"....to which the reply is..."hold on....if you hold that wire & i hold this one...i'll just plug it in & then you might be able to.....".....the look on their face everytime is priceless

[brewster67]

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The one I hear is "This machine has a lot of problems, did we get a lemon?". And they have a 4 year old machine with most of the problems being end user induced.