Strange item requests at work
It’s Friday and I wanted to add some humor to today’s post. Every now and then people ask me if they can borrow an office supply, maybe a stapler or a pen or a chair. And then sometimes there are strange requests and you’re not sure why they request them, or just get a kick out of it. Here are a couple strange requests I’ve had.
Do you have a comb and scissors? A coworker once asked me because she was due for a haircut. She has long hippie hair and lives by herself so I guess to her it would be obvious to have someone at work trim it for her.
Do you have a flashlight? My boss asked around for a flashlight recently and when I later asked why he said that his doctor wanted him to look at his throat and tell him over the phone what it looked like. He was embarrassed to ask one of his team members to look down his throat so he took a flashlight into the bathroom and looked for himself.
Do you have any extra shoes? This was actually a request from me. One day early in my career I was wearing some cheap sandals with heavy soles when suddenly the straps ripped apart from the soles while I was coming back from the bathroom. I hobbled over to my coworker (who happened to be hippie gal) and asked her if she had any extra shoes. To my delight she had an extra pair of pumps in her file cabinet.
Do you have any interesting or strange requests from coworkers?
