Card File

"Card File"

I was addressing some mail when I noticed that
my card file of frequently used addresses was
missing. Thinking it must have fallen from my
typing table into the wastebasket, I called the
office janitor.

"I've lost my Rolodex," I told him. "It may have
been picked up with the trash. Is there any way
you could find it?"

He said he would conduct a search. When the
janitor informed me he had searched every
trash container for my Rolodex, with no luck,
I thanked him for his trouble.

As I left work that evening, the janitor met me
at the door.

"Good night," he said smiling apologetically.
"Sorry I couldn't find your watch."

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"Initials"

When I was a newly commissioned Lieutenant
in the Army, I was assigned as a temporary
assistant in an administrative office in a Military
Intelligence unit.

One day a long memo came around with a cover
sheet instructing all assigned officers to read it
and initial it as indication of their compliance. I
figured it meant me too, so I read and initialed it.

BUT a few days later, it came back addressed
specifically to me. An attached note read: "You
are not permanently assigned to this unit and
are thus not an authorized signee. Please erase
your initials and initial your erasure."
Received on Sun Jun 22 01:46:58 2008