John: Your Tremper Stupidity Index rating is 0 (zero) but the clerk is very, very high (not that you would expect anything else). Fred On Wed, 4 Aug 1999, John R Fortiner wrote: > > > On Wed, 4 Aug 1999 21:03:07 -0400 (EDT) FRED W TREMPER > <f.trempe@morehead-st.edu> writes: > > If any of you acted more stupidly than I, I would love to hear about > > it. > > It will make me feel so much better: > > > > When I first started out I made arrangements for an experienced > > technician to replace a pinblock in a customer's home. He charged > > me > > with the responsibility of ordering new tuning pins. I called > > Schaff and > > asked for 88 tuning pins, which they delivered promptly. > > > > Who can top that? > > > > Fred > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Fred W. Tremper, RPT > > Morehead State University > > Morehead, KY 40351 > > f.trempe@morehead-st.edu > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > Fred: I am certainly at a loss to top that one, but I thought I would > tell you of something I did once to a certain piano supply company.( > Name withheld to protect the guilty.) I needed a set of replacement > plastic sharps. Just for the heck of it when the person taking the order > asked what I wanted in my order I said " a set of flats." I was promptly > informed that they did not carry those. I don't know if the person at > the company wasn't thinking or if we could just blame it on the way > things were/are stored on computers. > OK I'll go back into my corner now. > > John R. Fortiner > Billings, MT. > ___________________________________________________________________ > Get the Internet just the way you want it. > Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! > Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fred W. Tremper, RPT Morehead State University Morehead, KY 40351 f.trempe@morehead-st.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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