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"I just made that this morning."
Attempts to lighten the mood often end up being dry at best, especially when using a line concerning money to one of the many minimum wage workers, and a non-original one at that.. I currently work at a movie theater and this has got to be one of the worst offending (and most numerously used) jokes that anyone in customer service has heard a fair more than they ever should. Customers seem to get a great kick out these exact words when handing over a large bill (usually 100 dollar bills are the main offender, but I've had some with 50 bills as well), or variations off of such things. I've had others similar such as; "I hope my printer didn't mess that up" or "Did I draw the face right?". Frankly I've never seen the appeal - the laugh you're going to get is obviously forced, but I guess some people just need to be validated?
Don't get me wrong - I like good jokes at work from some customers, but this has to be one of the ones that gets me to cringe more so than many of the others. First of all the joke itself plainly isn't funny. Though it's not common fake bills do get passed around and in my line of work the person held responsible isn't the customer (obviously), but the employee who accepted it. I've noticed that some people who say this are somewhat offended by the fact you're staring down a hundred bill, holding it into the light or setting it in a fraud-fighter. It seems to be a mechanism for avoiding an awkward situation. Other people don't need to get provoked - they just say it and expect a laugh like it's the funniest thing you've ever heard.
It might have been, the first time. But after the 10,000 time all I can give you is a weak smile. It's stale.
When you think about it afterwards as a passing or jabbing with co-workers, yes it's funny. Only because of the fact that for some reason it seems to be this really strange phenomenon when concerning large bills. How is it that it happens so often? I can't think that you hear it and pass it along, or if you do you have an odd sense of humor. Maybe you'll get a laugh, or a smile, but most of us working for our bread and butter with minimum wage do this out of politeness.
All in all please cease and desist use of this not so funny "joke" that apparently sweeps over all customer service front stores.
Type of Funny:
Awkward and Overused Comments
Posted 3/20/13
Attempts to lighten the mood often end up being dry at best, especially when using a line concerning money to one of the many minimum wage workers, and a non-original one at that.. I currently work at a movie theater and this has got to be one of the worst offending (and most numerously used) jokes that anyone in customer service has heard a fair more than they ever should. Customers seem to get a great kick out these exact words when handing over a large bill (usually 100 dollar bills are the main offender, but I've had some with 50 bills as well), or variations off of such things. I've had others similar such as; "I hope my printer didn't mess that up" or "Did I draw the face right?". Frankly I've never seen the appeal - the laugh you're going to get is obviously forced, but I guess some people just need to be validated?
Don't get me wrong - I like good jokes at work from some customers, but this has to be one of the ones that gets me to cringe more so than many of the others. First of all the joke itself plainly isn't funny. Though it's not common fake bills do get passed around and in my line of work the person held responsible isn't the customer (obviously), but the employee who accepted it. I've noticed that some people who say this are somewhat offended by the fact you're staring down a hundred bill, holding it into the light or setting it in a fraud-fighter. It seems to be a mechanism for avoiding an awkward situation. Other people don't need to get provoked - they just say it and expect a laugh like it's the funniest thing you've ever heard.
It might have been, the first time. But after the 10,000 time all I can give you is a weak smile. It's stale.
When you think about it afterwards as a passing or jabbing with co-workers, yes it's funny. Only because of the fact that for some reason it seems to be this really strange phenomenon when concerning large bills. How is it that it happens so often? I can't think that you hear it and pass it along, or if you do you have an odd sense of humor. Maybe you'll get a laugh, or a smile, but most of us working for our bread and butter with minimum wage do this out of politeness.
All in all please cease and desist use of this not so funny "joke" that apparently sweeps over all customer service front stores.
Type of Funny:
Awkward and Overused Comments
Posted 3/20/13