This is a true story from the WordPerfect helpline. Needless to say, the help desk employee was fired; however, he/she is currently suing the Word Perfect organization for "Termination without Cause."

Actual dialogue of a former WordPerfect Customer Support employee with a caller:

"Ridge Hall computer assistant; may I help you?"

"Yes, well, I’m having trouble with WordPerfect."

"What sort of trouble?"

"Well, I was just typing along, and all of a sudden the words went away."

"Went away?"

"They disappeared."

"Hmm. So what does your screen look like now?"

"Nothing."

"Nothing?"

"It’s blank; it won’t accept anything when I type."

"Are you still in WordPerfect, or did you get out?"

"How do I tell?"

"Can you see the C: prompt on the screen?"

"What’s a sea-prompt?"

"Never mind. Can you move the cursor around on the screen?"

"There isn’t any cursor, I told you, it won’t accept anything I type."

"Does your monitor have a power indicator?"

"What’s a monitor?"

"It’s the thing with the screen on it that looks like a TV.  Does it have a little light that tells you when it’s on?"

"I don’t know."

"Well, then look on the back of the monitor and find where the power cord goes into it. Can you see that?"

"Yes, I think so."

"Great. Follow the cord to the plug, and tell me if it’s plugged into the wall."

"…….Yes, it is."

"When you were behind the monitor, did you notice that there were two cables plugged into the back of it, not just one?"

"No."

"Well, there are. I need you to look back there again and find the other cable."

"…….Okay, here it is."

"Follow it for me, and tell me if it’s plugged securely into the back of your computer."

"I can’t reach."

"Uh huh. Well, can you see if it is?"

"No."

"Even if you maybe put your knee on something and lean way over?"

"Oh, it’s not because I don’t have the right angle – it’s because it’s dark."

"Dark?"

"Yes – the office light is off, and the only light I have is coming in  from the window."

"Well, turn on the office light then."

"I can’t."

"No? Why not?"

"Because there’s a power outage."

"A power… A power outage? Ah, Okay, we’ve got it licked now. Do you still have the boxes and manuals and packing stuff your computer came in?"

"Well, yes, I keep them in the closet."

"Good. Go get them, and unplug your system and pack it up just like it was when you got it. Then take it back to the store you bought it from."

"Really? Is it that bad?"

"Yes, I’m afraid it is."

"Well, all right then, I suppose. What do I tell them?"

"Tell them you’re too stupid to own a computer."

"COMPETITIVE SALARY" 
We remain competitive by paying less than our competitors.

"JOIN OUR FAST-PACED COMPANY" 
We have no time to train you.

"CASUAL WORK ATMOSPHERE" 
We don’t pay enough to expect that you’ll dress up.

"MUST BE DEADLINE-ORIENTED" 
You’ll be six months behind schedule on your first day.

"SOME OVERTIME REQUIRED" 
Some time each night and some time each weekend.

"DUTIES WILL VARY" 
Anyone in the office can boss you around.

"MUST HAVE AN EYE FOR DETAIL" 
We have no quality control.

"CAREER-MINDED" 
Female Applicants must be childless (and remain that way).

"APPLY IN PERSON" 
If you’re old, fat or ugly you’ll be told the position has been filled.

"NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE" 
We’ve filled the job; our call for resumes is just a legal formality.

"SEEKING CANDIDATES WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF EXPERIENCE" 
You’ll need it to replace three people who just left.

"PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS A MUST" 
You’re walking into a company in perpetual chaos.

"REQUIRES TEAM LEADERSHIP SKILLS" 
You’ll have the responsibilities of a manager, without the pay or respect.

"GOOD COMMUNICATION SKILLS" 
Management communicates, you listen, figure out what they want and do it.

10. You’re so tired you now answer the phone, ‘Hell.’

9. Your friends call to ask how you’ve been, and you immediately scream, ‘Get off my back, bitch!’

8. Your garbage can IS your ‘in’ box.

7. You wake up to discover your bed is on fire, but go back to sleep because you just don’t care.

6. You have so much on your mind, you’ve forgotten how to pee.

5. Visions of the upcoming weekend help you make it through Monday.

4. You sleep more at work than at home.

3. You leave for a party and instinctively bring your ID badge.

2. You blasted your Daily Planner with a .357 Magnum a week ago, but still haven’t been able to miss a meeting.

1. You think about how relaxing it would be if you were in jail right now.

Three little boys were looking for a summer job. Their preacher needed some people to go around and sell bibles. So the preacher hired two boys without even thinking twice. But he was hesitant about hiring the third boy because he suffered from a speech impediment.

So after the first days of work they all met back at the church. The preacher looked at the first boy and asked him, “How many bibles did you sell?”

The boy stood up and said, “35.”

“Is that all you sold?” the preacher asked.

“He looked at the secound boy and asked him the same thing. The boy said, “75.” “That is good,” the preacher replied.

He didn’t want to ask the third boy but did. The boy with the speech impedement said ”I-I-I s-s-sold 175.” The preacher was amazed and asked the boy how did he sell all of the bibles. He said ”I-I-I t-t-told them to b-b-buy t-t-them or I will r-r-read it to t-t-them”’

1.Outside a muffler shop: “No appointment necessary, we hear you coming.”
2.Outside a hotel: “Help! We need inn-experienced people.”
3.On a desk in a reception room: “We shoot every 3rd salesman , and the 2nd one just left.”
4.In a veterinarians waiting room: “Be back in 5 minutes, Sit ! Stay!”
5.At the electric company: “We would be de-lighted if you send in your bill. However, if you don’t you will be.”
6.On the door of a computer store: “Out for a quick byte.”
7.In a restaurant window: “Don’t stand there and be hungry, come on in and get fed up.”
8.Inside a bowling alley: “Please be quiet, we need to hear a pin drop.”
9.In the front yard of a funeral home: “Drive carefully, we’ll wait.”
10.In a counselors office: “Growing old is mandatory, growing wise is optional. ——————————————————————————–

1. Grimace painfully while smacking your forehead and muttering: “Shut up, dammit, all of you just shut UP!”

2. Whistle the first seven notes of “It’s a Small World” incessantly.

3. Crack open your briefcase or purse, and while peering inside ask: “Got enough air in there?”

4. Offer name tags to everyone getting on the elevator. Wear yours upside-down.

5. Stand silent and motionless in the corner, facing the wall, without getting off.

6. When arriving at your floor, grunt and strain to yank the doors open, then act embarrassed when they open by themselves.

7. Greet everyone getting on the elevator with a warm handshake and ask them to call you Admiral.

8. On the highest floor, hold the door open and demand that it stay open until you hear the penny you dropped down the shaft go “plink” at the bottom.

9. Stare, grinning, at another passenger for a while, and then announce: “I’ve got new socks on!”

10. When at least 8 people have boarded, moan from the back: “Oh, no, not now, damn motion sickness!”

11. Meow occasionally.

12. Holler “Chutes away!” whenever the elevator descends.

13. Walk on with a cooler that says “human head” on the side.

14. Stare at another passenger for a while, then announce “You’re one of THEM!” and move to the far corner of the elevator.

15. Wear a puppet on your hand and talk to other passengers “through” it.

16. When the elevator is silent, look around and ask “is that your beeper?”

17. Say “Ding!” at each floor.

18. Say “I wonder what all these do” and push the red buttons.

19. Listen to the elevator walls with a stethoscope.

20. Draw a little square on the floor with chalk and announce to the other passengers that this is your “personal space.”

21. Announce in a demonic voice: “I must find a more suitable host body.”

22. Make explosion noises when anyone presses a button.

23. Wear “X-Ray Specs” and leer suggestively at other passengers.

24. Stop at every floor, run off the elevator, then run back on.

So a guy decides to buy a new ceiling fan. But the salesman says, “Well I’m all out of tunafish.”

So the guy says louder, “I want a ceiling fan.”

But the salesman says, “I told you, I’m all out of tunafish.”

And the guy is frustrated, and yells, “I WANT A CEILING FAN!”

Then the salesman takes his earplugs out, and says, “Oh I’m sorry, I couldn’t hear you. I thought you were a guy who wanted tunafish.”

Where do one legged people work?

IHOP!!

One time, there was a jock and a geek aplying for the same job.

The boss said, “Boys, you need to take a test before you can get this job.”

So they took the test and the next day they came back to see who the boss chose. “Well,” he said, “Both of you got the same score except I’m going to choose the geek.”

The jock complained, “Don’t you think that’s prejudice or something?”

“Well,” the boss said, “Let me tell you what happened. Both of your papers were right all the way through until the last question came up, and the geek answered ‘I don’t know,’ then when I looked at the jock’s paper, his answer was, ‘Me either.’”

ASTROLOGY: tells us about you and your future simply by your birthday. The Chinese Zodiac uses the year of your birth. Demographics tell us what you like, dislike, whom you vote for, what you buy, and what you watch on TV. Well, the Corporate Zodiac goes a step further: simply by your job title, people will have you all figured out…

MARKETING: You are ambitious yet stupid. You chose a marketing degree to avoid having to study in college, concentrating instead on drinking and socializing, which is pretty much what your job responsibilities are now. Least compatible with Sales.

SALES: Laziest of all signs, often referred to as "marketing without a degree," you are also self-centered and paranoid. Unless someone calls you and begs you to take their money, you like to avoid contact with "customers" so you can "concentrate on the big picture." You seek admiration for your golf game throughout your life.

TECHNOLOGY: Unable to control anything in your personal life, you are  instead content to completely control everything that happens at your workplace. Often even YOU don’t understand what you are saying, but who the hell can tell?! It is written that the geeks shall inherit the Earth.

ENGINEERING: One of only two signs that actually studied in school, it is said that ninety percent of all personal ads are placed by engineers. You can be happy with yourself: your office is typically full of all the latest "ergodynamic" gadgets. However, we all know what is really causing your "carpal tunnel"…

ACCOUNTING: The only other sign that studied in school, you are mostly immune from office politics. You are the most feared person in the organization; combined with your extreme organizational traits, the  majority of rumors concerning you say that you are completely insane.

HUMAN RESOURCES: Ironically, given your access to confidential information, you tend to be the biggest gossip within the organization. Possibly the only other person that does less work than marketing, you are unable to return any calls today because you have to get a haircut,  have lunch, and mail a letter!

MIDDLE MANAGEMENT/DEPARTMENT MANAGEMENT/"TEAM LEADS": Catty, cut-throat, yet completely spineless, you are destined to remain at your current job for the rest of your life. Unable to make a single decision you tend to measure your worth by the number of meetings you can schedule for yourself. Best suited to marry other "Middle Managers," as everyone in your social circle is a "Middle Manager."

SENIOR MANAGEMENT: Catty, cut-throat, yet completely spineless, you are destined to remain at your current job for the rest of your life. Unable to make a single decision you tend to measure your worth by the number of meetings you can schedule for yourself. Best suited to marry other "Senior Managers," as everyone in your social circle is a "Senior Manager."

CUSTOMER SERVICE: Bright, cheery, positive, you are a fifty-cent cab ride from taking your own life. As a child very few of you asked your parents for a little cubicle for your room and a headset so you could pretend to play "Customer Service." Continually passed over for promotions, your best bet is to sleep with your boss.