2020-04-01_Readers_Digest

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happen to you at work?

It could be worth $$$.

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Spotted on a business marquee in

Tacoma, Washington: MY BOSS TOLD

ME TO CHANGE THE SIGN, SO I DID.

—K.H. North Platte, Nebraska

few breaks, he went

to the hotel restaurant

to grab a bite.

When his food

came, Billy, his mind

in a fog, bowed his

head for the blessing

and whispered these

words to God: “Good

evening, Holiday Inn,

how can I help you?”

—Bob Cook

Ashland, Kentucky

Feeling ill, my super-

visor went to a nearby

doctor, who ordered

an EKG. Upon reading

the results, the doctor

declared that my boss

was suffering a cardiac

arrest and called an

ambulance to whisk

him off to the hospital.

There, doctors per-

formed their own tests.

But those came back

negative. After some

quick sleuthing, the

problem was solved:

The first doctor had

read the EKG upside

down.

—Suzanne Clarke

Brownsville, Oregon

Our booking office had

three phones. One

day during lunch,

It was a constant

repeat of “May

I help you?” or

“Will you hold?”

I guess I got confused

because I surprised

one man on the other

end of the line when

I answered his call

with, “May I hold you?”

—Vera Granger

Arizona City, Arizona

THE CUSTOMER IS

(NOT) ALWAYS RIGHT

✦The Outside-the-Box

Thinker award goes to

the customer who called

a travel agency asking

about legal requirements

while traveling in Eu-

rope. “If I register my car

in France and then take

it to England, do I have

to change the steering

wheel to the other side

of the car?”

✦The Gutsiest

Customer of the Year

award goes to a woman

in Texas who pulled a

cake off a Walmart shelf

and devoured much of it

while shopping. When

she reached the checkout

counter, she demanded

that she be given a

steep discount for the

cake since half of it was

missing. Walmart had a

better idea—they banned

her from their stores.

—the week

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