Archive for August 17, 2007

An Infestation of Idiots

Posted in Personal Stuff by John E. Pannell on August 17th, 2007 at 4:41 am

Lately it seems all the idiots of the world are converging on me, or at least getting in my way.   There’s too many stories to recount here but I’d like to share one from Wednesday night at work.   All names are fictional.

A guest was expecting a package on Tuesday from a well known express delivery service.   It didn’t come.   Wednesday night when I came to work, it still wasn’t here.   So the guest called that company, while at the desk, and was told it was delivered here.    The front desk manager, on duty that evening, queried them if it was delivered *here* (yes, they said) then had the guest ask the company who signed for it “here”.   The name given was not one of our employees.

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