On the lighter side

[RLymanC]

Asked my client what his occupation was, his response:
A materials relocation specialist.

MMMMM I asked, OK,,,what is that. A truck driver was the answer.

He would not allow truck driver on the tax return because they are old and fat with bad kidney's.

[rosieea]

Great! Add that to the list of PC titles. I'm so old I remember when flight attendants were stewardesses, administrative assistants were secretaries, sanitation engineers or specialists were garbagemen, homemakers were housewives, etc. Women had a job, now they work outside the home; a multi-racial community is now culturally diverse; physically challenged used to be handicapped. Misbehavior used to be bad, now it's ADD. As a colleague of mine likes to say, "Beam me up, Scotty."

[Bees Knees]

Maybe we should change our title from tax preparers to Governmental Assessment Therapists.

[Armando Beaujolais]

A client of mine was looking for a few hours a week for a part-time job. He looked in the city newsletter and saw an employment ad looking for a "Surface Preparation Technician." He thought and thought what it could be, and when he figured it out he RAN down to city hall and got the job. A ZAMBONI DRIVER!

It's a regioinal/cultural thing. Most of you in the south have never heard of a Zamboni. Those of you in the north have great envy for the guy who got the job. They didn't clearly identify the position because they didn't want to deal with hundreds of job applicants.

[Unregistered]

Zamboni?

Okay, I'll bite. What is a zamboni?
Thanks

[Armando Beaujolais]

Okay, I'll bite. What is a zamboni?
Thanks

Should I tell?

[Unregistered]

cue

An cue-----The ice man

[Unregistered]

http://www.zamboni.com/

[Armando Beaujolais]

Okay, I'll bite. What is a zamboni?
Thanks

A Zamboni resurfaces the ice for skating rinks, hockey, etc. It's a cultural icon up here in the hinterlands. If it shows up at an outdoor pond, the kids will cheer and skate along right behind it on the swath of fresh ice. At the hockey games dignitaries are sometimes allowed to ride along with the Zamboni driver between periods, waving like Miss City on a 4th of July parade float. It's sort of the modern northland equivalent of a cowboy riding shotgun on a stagecoach.

Zamboni drivers are cult heros. That's why they didn't advertise for a Zamboni driver. They didn't want to deal with throngs of people appying for the job. I suppose that only having applicants smart enough to figure out what they were talking about was a great screening process. I understand it's not as easy as it looks. Or maybe they just say that to enhance the mystical ambiance of it all.