Dislocated Their Brain
(Hardware Store | ON, Canada) Warning: explode() [function.explode]: Empty delimiter in /home/aznbbj/public_html/wp-content/themes/notalwaysright/functions.php on line 192 Warning: Invalid argument...
View ArticleA Whole New State Of Understanding
(Salon | PA, USA) Warning: explode() [function.explode]: Empty delimiter in /home/aznbbj/public_html/wp-content/themes/notalwaysright/functions.php on line 192 Warning: Invalid argument supplied for...
View ArticleTurning Right Is Apparently Wrong
Camp | Calgary, AB, Canada(I work in a campground that is just outside of the city limits. We are off a highway that has the ‘Welcome to our city’ sign on it, and which is the only way in or out of the...
View ArticleBeing Careful With Words Is Now A Mute Point
Insurance, Call Center | Tarpon Springs, FL, USA(I front the calls for an insurance call center. I’m on the phone with a customer, chit-chatting a little about the weather difference, since he is from...
View ArticleThe Oregon Fail, Part 2
(Retail | Spokane, WA, USA) Warning: explode() [function.explode]: Empty delimiter in /home/aznbbj/public_html/wp-content/themes/notalwaysright/functions.php on line 192 Warning: Invalid argument...
View ArticleFrench Disconnection, Part 2
Hotel | Edinburgh Scotland, UK(I’m French but have been working in Scotland for a few years. My accent is not as strong as the typical French one, but most people can guess where I’m from, especially...
View ArticleCaribbean There, Done That
(Retirement Home | London, England, UK) Warning: explode() [function.explode]: Empty delimiter in /home/aznbbj/public_html/wp-content/themes/notalwaysright/functions.php on line 192 Warning: Invalid...
View ArticleTaiwannical Behavior, Part 2
Retail | Taiwan(I am Caucasian and work in Taiwan. Taiwan is a de facto independent country, even though China claims otherwise. Chinese tourist are notorious for harassing the locals on that issue,...
View ArticleThey’re Behind The ‘Shall Not Pass’ Signs
(Tourist Attraction | Jewel Cave, SD, USA) Warning: explode() [function.explode]: Empty delimiter in /home/aznbbj/public_html/wp-content/themes/notalwaysright/functions.php on line 192 Warning: Invalid...
View ArticleNot In A Good State To Come In
(Hair Salon | Raleigh, NC, USA) Warning: explode() [function.explode]: Empty delimiter in /home/aznbbj/public_html/wp-content/themes/notalwaysright/functions.php on line 192 Warning: Invalid argument...
View ArticleThey Have It Made
Coffee Shop | ON, Canada(I work night shift at a very popular Canadian coffee chain. Four drunk customers walk into the store, barely able to stand. I spot a white limo outside and these customers are...
View ArticleThis Conversation Has No Cardinal Directions
Hotel | ID, USA(In college, I worked for a large chain hotel that had several different locations, though each had a different title and some were owned by different companies. A customer calls me up...
View ArticleBroken Eastern Promises
Gas Station | Hay, AB, Canada(There is a smaller highway that ends in the city, and another one that starts. I work at a gas station between the two so we get a lot of people driving through.)...
View ArticleTime Zone Phone Home
(Customer Service | Dallas, TX, USA) Warning: explode() [function.explode]: Empty delimiter in /home/aznbbj/public_html/wp-content/themes/notalwaysright/functions.php on line 192 Warning: Invalid...
View ArticleNo Fortitude For Longitude, Part 7
Cellphone Store | Southampton, England, UK(The shop is just about to close for the day when a customer comes in with a very minor issue, and while I am sorting the problem my colleague has closed the...
View ArticleSuffering From A Vowel Movement
Grocery Store | MN, USA(The grocery store I work in has a week every summer in which we put Hawaiian-esque foods on sale, such as tuna, pineapples, spam, pork, coconuts, etc. Neighborhood luaus are...
View ArticleSay Sayonara To Intelligence
(Restaurant | Miami, FL, USA)Restaurant | Miami, FL, USACategories: Tags: RestaurantRestaurant | Miami, FL, USA(I work at a Japanese restaurant and yes, I am Asian. There is a family of four sitting at...
View ArticleUtah Got The Wrong Place
Theater | Canada(I am working at the box office when the phone rings.) Me: “Hello, thank you for calling [Business]. How can I help you?” Caller: “I’m looking for the Utah Symphony.” Me: “Sorry?”...
View ArticleA Cab Will Just Go And Go And Chicago
(Hotel | Dallas, TX, USA)Hotel | Dallas, TX, USACategories: Tags: HotelHotel | Dallas, TX, USAGuest: “Can you call me a cab to take me to O’Hare?” Front Desk: “Sure, but you might want to consider...
View ArticleParked Her American Dream
(Retail | Baltimore, MD, USA)Retail | Baltimore, MD, USACategories: Tags: RetailRetail | Baltimore, MD, USA(I work at a large department store that gets quite busy in the afternoon, and parking can be...
View Article
