Ah, yes ... Idiots at Work:

After moving back to Oregon from New Mexico in 1981, I presented a national
credit card issued by
our former Albuquerque bank to a store clerk here in Salem.  She examined the
card and announced
that she could not possibly accept a foreign card.  "NEW Mexico ... NEW
Mexico!", I tried vainly to explain.
Her manager came along at that moment, took one look, apologized to me, and told
her to complete the sale.

----
Lee Gunter                    The Regence Group
Supervisor, TRG HP/MPE Systems     503.375.4498
----
Opinions expressed are solely mine.




From: "Bailie, Jack" <[log in to unmask]> on 09/02/99 06:24 AM

Please respond to "Bailie, Jack" <[log in to unmask]>


To:   [log in to unmask]
cc:    (bcc: Lee Gunter/BCBSO/TBG)
Subject:  [HP3000-L] Idiots among us




More along the line of Jerry's post yesterday.

IDIOTS AT WORK
I was signing the receipt for my credit card purchase when  the clerk
noticed that I had never signed my name on the  back of the credit card.
She informed me that she could  not complete the transaction unless the card
was signed.  When I asked why, she explained that it was necessary to
compare the signature on the credit card with the signature  I just entered
on the receipt.  So I signed the credit card in  front of her.  She
carefully compared that signature to the one on the receipt.  As luck would
have it, they matched.

<rest of the idiots snipped...>