Sightings
Sighting #1: I was busy writing some computer program for one of my classes and my roommate asked me if he could use my
coffee maker. I said, "Sure." The next thing I hear is, "Hey, where do you put the coffee?" I turn to see
that he has filled the filter basket with water and is unsuccessfully trying to keep the water in the basket by plugging the hole at
the bottom with his finger. He and the floor are both covered with water.
Sighting #2: I was at the airport, checking in at the gate, when the airport employee asked, "Has anyone put anything in your
baggage without your knowledge?" I said, "If it was without my knowledge, how would I know?" He
smiled and nodded knowingly, "That's why we ask."
Sighting #3: The stoplight on the corner buzzes when it is safe to cross the street. I was crossing with an intellectually challenged
co-worker of mine, when she asked if I knew what the buzzer was for. I explained that it
signals to blind people when the light is red. She responded, appalled, "What on earth are blind people doing driving?"
Sighting #4: At a goodbye lunch for an old and dear co-worker who is leaving the company due to "rightsizing," our manager
spoke up and said, "This is fun. We should have lunch like this more often." Not another word was
spoken. We just looked at each other like deer staring into the headlights of an approaching truck.
Sighting #5: I worked with an Induhvidual who plugged her power strip back into itself and for the life of her could not
understand why her system would not turn on.
Sighting #6: (a rare "double sighting"): A friend had a brilliant idea for saving disk space. He thought if he put all his Microsoft
Word documents into a tiny font they'd take up less room. When he told me I was with another friend. She thought it was a
good idea too. |
