Say Goodnight Gracie!

Dec 20, 2007 08:52

 I have two clients named Henry (not their real name).  They happen to be brothers.  Their voices happen to be similar.  They introduce themselves over the telephone as Henry or Henry's brother Henry.  They fail to see the humor in this.  Say Goodnight, Gracie!


Years ago when we used thermal fax paper a realtor was going to fax me some documents.   I asked her to wait for an hour, because we were out of fax paper.  She offered to fax me the paper.  Seriously.  Say Goodnight Gracie!

I once had an assistant, we'll call her "Karen Speakin," because that is how she answered the telephone.   Because of a freak accident in the office she broke the heal on her shoe,  She asked me to reinverse (sic) her for the shoes.   I figured it was shoes that could be worn on either foot.  Say Goodnight Gracie!


I once had an assistant quit because I told her that Gonna was not a word.   When she was rehired, by another Attorney in the office, the next day, a friend in the office said to her "I didn't think you were Gonna be back."   Say Goodnight Gracie!   A postscript to that story was two weeks later I was asked to fire her.




Our old receptionist would talk to dead people.    We'd ask her who she was speaking to and she would say she channels dead people.  The least she could have done was get the estate as a client.   Really, Say Goodnight Gracie!

gracie allen

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