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azishsa in mock_the_stupid

Watch buying...

Jan 05, 2004 09:01

A little background to this story. I work, fortunately in this case, in the back office of a library in the United States. Our director used to be a college librarian, one of the students from the college she used to work at was interning with us. The intern, who we'll call Ditz, her immediate family had moved to France just before she went to ( Read more... )

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trancelife January 5 2004, 06:21:20 UTC

Oh my DEAR! The poor woman... that's hilarious, but I just feel sorry for her! How on earth does she function??

I bet she figured it out a lot later and felt really stupid/embarassed... :P

azishsa January 5 2004, 08:45:04 UTC

I don't know if she did or not. I'll post what happened the next day in a seperate post as there's a whole other stupid to do with the pharmacy.

lots42 January 9 2004, 11:56:09 UTC

I've seen people like The Ditz. They function because, much like a puppy dog with a cast on his leg, people take pity on them

opalcat January 5 2004, 07:29:40 UTC

*blink*

riotlounge January 5 2004, 07:57:42 UTC

Of all the...

Damn, how do these people make it around in the big wide world? O_o

azishsa January 5 2004, 08:49:16 UTC

In her case I really don't know. I could probably gather a bunch more stories about her if I talk to the different departments. She kept getting passed around the different departments in the library because no one could deal with her/understand how she functioned, and at least back in our department she wasn't screwing up with the public.

Time out of mind..... acrorat January 5 2004, 08:02:54 UTC

She needs a watch that can show two time zones!

Perhaps more to the point is, how did she know whatt time it was there? Did she keep subtracting 6 hours? What happens when Daylight Saving comes in, as it's not always the same day in different countries?

This reminds me of Mother-in-Law telephoning us in the middle of the night (we in Texas, she in England) : Ring Ring!!!!!!!

"Mother, we're in bed" - me

"But it's only 9.30". Are you ill". - ma-in-law

"No, we're in a different part of the world!" ""It's 3.30 am here". - me

"No, dear, it's 9.30 at night. Your clock must have stopped". - ma-in-law

GAHHHHHHHHHH!

Re: Time out of mind..... rainbow_goddess January 5 2004, 09:16:09 UTC

Jay Leno often tells stories like that about his mother. They live in the same time zone but in different states, and she'll call him and ask him what time it is there. "It's nine-thirty, Ma." "Well, over here my clock says it's nine-thirty-five. It must be the time difference."

Re: Time out of mind..... esprix January 5 2004, 09:49:34 UTC

Good heavens. Was she finally able to grasp that it's a different time when you're halfway around the world?

Re: Time out of mind..... acrorat January 5 2004, 09:53:22 UTC

Nope! But she didn't grasp a lot of things, such as it's a 12 hour flight from Houston to London, and we'll be jet-lagged because our bodies think it's mid-night when it's mid-day! Or the fact that I never, ever, drink tea!

"But nobody in our family likes coffee ". - Ma-in-Law

"I'm not in your family". - me

As if marrying into a family will change your entire life!

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