Funny job story winner: Honk if your pillow is a horn!
Thanks to everyone who sent in their funny on-the-job stories for our first Share and Win! Contest. From coworkers’ collapsing desks to spilling bleu cheese all over an old man’s head, we here at SnagAJob.com had a blast reading them all.
After poring over close to 400 entries, we have picked a winner. Congratulations to Diana Arcia from Georgia, whose story of an insurance call turned midday nap was everything but a snooze. Diana will receive a $300 American Express gift card to use on whatever she wants. Will she invest in a new summer wardrobe? Or maybe a combination foot massager/coffee maker for those days when she needs to relax and energize all at the same time? It’s anybody’s guess. Check out Diana’s winning story below:
“I used to work in the call center of a vehicle insurance company. My first day out of the training class, I received a call from a 78-year-old man who wanted to add his brand new Porsche to his car insurance policy. He was very excited because he always wanted this vehicle and it took him over half a century to get it. I asked him for the vehicle identification number and he replied, “Oh, let me get it, honey. It must be here somewhere. I’ll be right back!” Five minutes passed and all I could hear were birds singing in the background. Suddenly, a woman picks up the phone and asks, “Hello, who is this?” I identified myself and told her I was waiting for the gentleman who went to get his vehicle information. She said, “Oh, my husband went to take his nap, he probably forgot that he was talking to you. Sometimes he dozes off. Lately, he has fallen asleep while driving just waiting for the light to turn green. The woman laughed out loud and said, “Who is this again?” “This is his vehicle insurance company,” I replied. Immediately after, the call got disconnected.”
Don’t forget to send us your worst interview stories and enter our new Share and Win! contest here Also, we’ll be posting some runner-up funny stories later next week. And while you’re at it, search for summer jobs and part-time jobs.
[Note: This is not the actual "Sleeping Beauty" referenced above, but just some other unlucky dude we found on YouTube. Consider it a public service announcement: Driving while sleepy is bad!]
