Something we can relate to part 3

[J E L]

Continuing the tradition started by gener7, and continued by Peru Bob, we invite you to, “Something we can relate to part 3.” This is the Adobe Community place to post, “relevant cartoons, photo edits, memes and other assorted witticisms.” Here's a classic to start us off in 2024:

[Nancy OShea]

Trick or Treat!

Portlanders created a fashion trend. Amazon sold out of these inflatable frog costumes. But inflatable chickens & unicorns can still be ordered in time for Halloween.

😄 

[John T Smith]

I think she is right !!!

[Nancy OShea]

Taquitos are rolled up tacos. Burritos are big fat meal wraps.

[kglad]

++ for taquitos 

[daniellei4510]

I’m a regular at a bar a couple blocks from where I live, and I always bring my laptop to respond to emails, do some basic image editing, etc. I don’t drink….doctor’s orders…but I sip on diet cokes while I’m working, with my eyes rarely looking away from whatever task is at hand. Anyway, the presence of my laptop apparently has some patrons assuming I’m the owner of the bar. When they ask me a question about the bar (like, "How long have you owned this place?"), a part of me wants to respond with a version of my generic response to contributors asking why their accounts were disabled:

“You are not addressing the owner here, but a customer like yourself, and I can do nothing to be of assistance. If you have not already done so, try getting the bartender’s attention to ask for details. She's very busy, so it will most likely be awhile before you hear from her, other than a possible nod of her head notifying you that she is aware of your existence. Do not attempt to contact her repeatedly, as that really ticks her off, and doing so will probably slow down any interest she has in helping you.”

[Nancy OShea]

Reminds me of the "I don't work here, Lady" posts on Reddit.

https://www.reddit.com/r/IDontWorkHereLady/

My "I don't work here, Lady" story:

I was shopping for lamp sockets in OSH (Home & Garden Center) and was approached by a middle-aged woman who thought I worked there. I instantly recognized her as Swedish-American actress, Vivica Lindfors, whom I've always admired for her work on stage, films & TV.

https://www.themoviedb.org/person/22137-viveca-lindfors

She asked me to help her find vanity light bulbs. I just played along with it b/c I had a rough idea where they were. My pale yellow golf shirt and loose cotton khakis were nothing like OSH's green aprons. But who pays attention to details like that, right?

Then she asked me electrical questions, at which point I said, "Look, I don't work here. I'm just a fellow shopper like you."  Bewildered & a little embarrassed, she said, "Oh, I assumed you worked here by the way you're dressed."  🙄  

Thereafter, I wore neon t-shirts & jeans so as not to be misidentified as a home & garden center employee.

[John T Smith]

This is a great idea

[daniellei4510]

I graduated a LONG time ago, but don't they teach home ec anymore? I remember square dancing classes, though. Those certainly prepared me for real life.

[Nancy OShea]

Owing to budget cuts, most public schools don't teach life-skills anymore. Driver Ed, Home Ec, Wood/Metal Shop are things of the past.

Gen Zs & Alphas lack practical life skills, financial literacy, and direct career training.  A mom on social media recently posted that her son called in a panic over how to get his apartment's utilities turned on. He had no idea what to do. They don't teach that in schools.

[daniellei4510]

Yep. I took printing my senior year of high school. Why? Because I told my guidance counselor I was interested in graphic design, and that seemed close enough as far as she was concerned. This was back in the day when we arranged letters with lead slugs in preparation for printing on a letterpress. But that led to me applying for jobs at printing companies, including jogging and boxing reams of computer paper as it shot out from the back end of a printing press. Then a promotion to typesetting and paste-up using more modern, photosensitive techniques, which led to jobs at a couple of newspapers. Then, much to my wife's chagrin, I took up an interest in figure photography (doing weddings on the side to help pay for my actual hobby). Long story short, I eventually ended up teaching photography, computer graphics, and pre-press classes at my local community college, that also foot the bill for numerous figure photography workshops with the likes of Greg Gorman, Joyce Tennesen and others (this time, much to the chagrin of my fellow instructors). Anyway, my work history goes on and on like this, but the point being, I owe the brunt of my future livelihood to a guidance counselor who confused printing with graphic design.

[John T Smith]

She has pulled it off Amazon because it needs to be updated, but my wife wrote a book about what schools don't teach, and the fact that very few high school students are ready for the real world when they graduate

A dozen or so years ago she went to talk to a class of Seniors at a local high school, and came home to tell me that going was virtually of no worth at all

1st, the teacher was not allowed to tell the students to put their phones down and pay attention

2nd, the teacher told her afterward that she was required to 'teach to the test' to prepare the students to take the annual State test... not to teach anything else that might actually prepare them for real life

3rd, there was ONE student who paid attention and asked questions

I don't know if she will ever update her book and put it back on Amazon as a digital download

[kglad]

lots of square dancing in grade school.  what was that about?

[John T Smith]

Is this true?

[daniellei4510]

My mother took me to see Psycho when I was 12 years old. Ever since then, I developed an unnatural fear of going to the movies with my mother.

[kglad]

@daniellei4510 

ok, that made me laugh, thank you.

[Peru Bob]

[daniellei4510]

I was going to grow my hair short in front and long in the back but I decided to mullet over.