Archive for September, 2010

A double whammy!

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Part 1

We are sticking labels onto envelopes.

KH: How can the printer print the word Johannesburg wrong on just one label?

Me: *blink* *blink*

Me: Ummm, its the database that has it wrong…

KH: Oh.

Part 2

KH: So should I change it on the database?

Me: *bangs head on desk*


Lazy much…

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So I get a phone call from one of the ladies working down stairs (1 floor down!)

E: Hi there, can you give me your fax number?

Me: Sure. Its xxx-xxxx. Why do you need it?

E: Oh, I dont feel like walking upstairs again to give R her report, I thought I would just fax it instead.


You know its Monday when…

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J: RM, the printer isn’t working!

RM: Is it on?

J: Ummm, no….


Power Fail

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A few minutes ago we had a small power failure, enough to shut all the computers down.

KM: Do I need to switch my machine back on?

Me: Well if its off…


Im not entirely sure her lift goes up to the top floor…

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I work on the top floor of our building.  I have just left my office and am making my way to the stairs when I overhear this from a woman standing at the lift:

Woman to another lady standing at the lift: Are you going down?