[real saxophonist]

I work at Home Depot, and this morning our phones didn't work. They worked as phones, but the other things we do with them, mainly scanning things and doing on hand counts, didn't work.

Apparently it was a systemwide thing, because the Cheyenne store called us and said their phones were doing the same thing.

So basically I got paid to stand around and not do anything for 4 hours. That's not quite true. We threw some freight, and I spent a good 15 minutes helping a customer pick out a garbage disposal.

[morphing libertarian]

Walked into a Carls Jr Florin Rd sacramento. One of my regular lunch stops in the early 80s. They used those cash registers with the food items instead of numbers.

Several customers waiting for something.

I asked if they had ordered. An employee said can’t take orders the computer down.

I asked the asst mgr Why not write the order down. Add up the cost, Record the payment and put down any change. Tally them up at the end of the day.

He said: We don’t know how to do that.