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At work today, I conducted training on stress management and visualizations for relaxation. I seated the hearing impaired up front so they could read my lips. At the end of the session, they said it was hard to follow the visualization when I asked them to close their eyes. I'm dumbemployed.

At work today, after throwing out a thief who tried to get a refund on defective merchandise that they admitted not paying for, the corporate office called and wrote me up for treating a "customer" so poorly. I'm dumbemployed.

At work today, I had to install a printer on my boss's computer. He's the director of IT and he can't even install his own printer. Yup. I'm dumbemployed.

At work today, I finally received a raise. Ten cents. One extra dime an hour. I have been working there for almost 6 years now and make ten whole cents more per hour than employees who started last week. I'm dumbemployed.

At work today, a former guest called upset because her refund was $4.32 less than she expected. She caused such a fuss, she's getting 50% off her next stay. I'm dumbemployed.

At work today, I was really behind on counting my store's money. My General Manager kept coming in to to tell me that it was unacceptable that I was taking so long. When I finally got done and he needed to verify everything, he held up the money and asked me "How do I count this?" I'm dumbemployed.

At work today, I received an email from someone wanting to take a tour of my workplace. In a previous email I told her that I was unavailable Wednesday at 9:30 am but any other day would work. Her reply to what day works best? "I'll be there 9:30 am on Wednesday!" I'm dumbemployed.

At work today at the bank, a customer kept hitting the buzzer at the drive thru window. I finished waiting on another customer (during the constant buzzing) and walked over to the drive thru to find a priest. "Thank you for your patience, Father." I'm dumbemployed.

At work today, everyone in my department took today off except for me. Every single one. Not one of them thought to mention it to me and I have to cover for all of them. I'm dumbemployed.

At work today, I had someone try to return a defective item without a receipt. After explaining that I could not find where she had paid for the item in the last 9 months, she yelled back and said "It's not my fault you people didn't catch me!" I'm dumbemployed.

At work today, my coworker told me his personal plan for beating the recession. He is going to save all of his 20 oz. soda bottles and refill them with 2 liters. I'm dumbemployed.

At work today, I notified a user she had a virus on her computer. She wondered if that was why there was a big red x through her anti-virus icon. She had thought about mentioning it when she noticed it the other day...I'm dumbemployed.