While we're on work-related pet peeves; I love working in 1800-pr crossboxes in RV parks. Invariably, some dude I've never seen before (because he spends half the year back home in Canada or Oregon) will come charging up in a golf cart and demand to know if I'm working on his line.
I just look at him, look at the binding posts, look at him longer, look back at the binding posts.... then say, "Nope, sorry." Immediately he'll come out with, "Well, when are you gonna hook me up?"
Me: "I'm not really sure, sir"
Snowbird: "Well why don't you know? When are you gonna find out? Or are you just stupid???"
Me: "Well sir, I've got 10 more service orders in this park today. If you'll just
give me your name, I'll check to see if yours is one of them, or perhaps I can find out who will be connecting you on what date and time."
Snowbird:
Don't know what things are like over there in SBC/PacBell-land; but over here in the land of the big blue
Q, we take our laughs whenever we can get them
Still Dreamin'