After three good one-liners, I felt I had to post my morning exchanges.

Coworker C: After [an importer] tells me twice that he has no stock, I sent him a fax asking for a lead time, and he sends it back with “New Jersey stock” written on it ( Read more... )

I don’t normally rip on my co-workers here, but today I felt especially irritated. One of our warehouse workers called in sick this morning, while the warehouse manager is still out on vacation. This leaves the warehouse with only two people to fill orders until our stock auditor returns at 2:00. In the meantime, I am to fill in at the will call ( Read more... )