Archive for July 6th, 2008
Resolving to surprise her husband, an executive’s wife stopped by his office. She found him with his secretary sitting in his lap. Without hesitating, he dictated, “…and in conclusion, gentlemen, shortage or no shortage, I cannot continue to operate this office with just one chair.”
HONOLULU (UPI) – McDonald’s Restaurants of Hawaii says more than half of the chain’s fast-food outlets in the state use a Texas call center to take drive-through orders. Melanie Okazaki of McDonald’s in Hawaii said the remote ordering system was first tested in 2006 and began expanding in 2007, KITV in Honolulu reported Monday. “We want to make sure that our customers get their orders right and they get them in the most convenient way possible,” Okazaki said. She said employees at the call center in El Paso, Texas, require special training to comprehend local phrases and accents. “It takes a little getting used to on the order-taker’s side, but I think with practice, they become more and more comfortable working with our local clientele,” Okazaki said. Copyright 2008 by United Press International
Honey wall tips man off to 60,000 bees CONCORD, N.C. (UPI) — A North Carolina man says he found out he was sharing his home with about 60,000 bees after he noticed honey oozing out a wall. Mark Jones said he learned about the bees after tasting a mysterious liquid coming out of a wall in his Concord, N.C., home. He was surprised to find out the liquid was honey produced by thousands of bees living behind the wall, WYFF-TV in Greenville, S.C., reported. “I came over here and dipped my finger in it and tasted it. Sure enough, it was honey coming out of the wall,” Jones said. Beekeepers removed most of the insects with a vacuum Sunday after Jones and his wife decided it wasn’t right to kill them, the newspaper said. Keepers said the leftover bees will leave soon because they no longer have a hive there.
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