To ride in a cruiser with an experienced partner. A call came over the car’s radio telling them to disperse some people who were loitering.
The officers drove to the street and observed a small crowd standing on a corner. The rookie rolled down his window and said, “Let’s get off the corner.”
No one moved, so he barked again, “Let’s get off the corner!”
Intimidated, the group of people began to leave, casting puzzled glances in his direction.
Proud of his first official act, the young policeman turned to his partner and asked, “Well, how did I do?”
”Not too bad,” replied the veteran, “especially since this was a bus stop.”
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When a guy’s printer type began to grow faint, he called a local repair shop where a friendly man informed him that the printer probably needed only to be cleaned.
Because the store charged $50 for such cleanings, he told him he might want to read the printer’s manual and try doing the job himself.
Pleasantly surprised by his candor, he asked, “Does your boss know that you discourage business?”
”Actually, this is my boss’s idea,” the employee replied sheepishly.
”We usually make more money on repairs if we let people try to fix things themselves first.”
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