On Saturday, February 4, 1995, a huge snowstorm hit Boston shutting down the airport. On Sunday, February 5, 1995, I flew out of Memphis to Boston for a week of training. We had no issue on the flight. It was when we got off the plane that the issues began. As we approached the baggage …
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Blue Cheese Please
I go to lunch with a few of the guys at work from time to time. There are some people who seem to have issues when they go out to eat no matter where they are at. Our friend Jim is the one in our group that always had issues. Some people bring these things …
New Sandwich Shop
Bellacino’s was a new sandwich and pizza shop in town. The guys that I usually went to eat with during lunch at work decided to try it out. We walked into the shop and started reviewing the menu over the counter. If you wanted a sandwich, it looked like you could either get a half …
Work Pranks – Slowing Down Speedy
One of my co-workers in my department is obsessed with getting away from work as soon as possible. He has a reputation for running over people between him and the back door. He tries to get to work as early as possible to get a parking place as close to the employee entrance as possible. …
New Year’s Eve at Benihana
Years ago, we had a large group of friends who decided to go to Benihanas for New Year’s Eve. Three couples from Jackson, TN were meeting three more couples from Memphis at the Benihana in Memphis. We had enough people to fill a Hibachi table to capacity. They had a special New Year’s Eve meal …
Work Pranks – Call Forwarding
Call forwarding is a nice feature that I rarely use for the right purposes at work. It’s nice if you are relocating to someone else’s desk for an afternoon, especially if I’m expecting a lot of calls. But I never remember to turn it on when it would help. Of course, that doesn’t stop me …
Work Pranks – Email Virus
When I worked for a previous employer. I was going to be off work for about a week. I wanted to check my email from home. This was long before having email access on your phone or being able to remotely check email from another computer. I saw that the email program that we used …
Work Pranks – Autocorrect
Names have been altered in this story.Years ago, I read an article in a business-related magazine that told how to use autocorrect to add your signature to Microsoft Office documents. In addition of the autocorrect feature automatically correcting errors like changing “nad” to “and”, you can add words that aren’t already in their library. You …
Work Pranks – Lubriderm
At a previous employer, I worked with several other guys in a lab. Bob was one of our fellow employees that everyone disliked the most. He was lab worker who was most likely to disappear when things got busy. He would go out on the plant floor to collect samples and be gone twice as …
Drinks at GG’s Family Restaurant
When I was in college, my friends and I would often make late night runs to restaurants that were opened all night. One night my friend Mark suggested we go to a place called GG’s. It was a locally owned diner in a building that was previously a Sambo’s chain restaurant. The Sambo’s had closed …