It's really really hard for me not to laugh when something is funny. I'm the type of person that if you fall, I will laugh first *then* see if you're ok. I can't help it. I wanted to hear stories from everyone about a time that they were *dying* to laugh but couldn't. Here's mine. Let's hear yours!!!
I was managing at Enterprise Rent-a-Car a while back and part of that job is giving the customers a ride if they need one after they returned their rental car. I had this one older gentleman that gave me a rough time from the moment he walked in the door, he griped about everything. We were busy so he had to wait about 10 min. and he griped about that. I had to answer the phone while I assisted him and he griped about that. The insurance company would only cover a mid size car and he griped about that. I put him into his rental car and he said the dashboard and windsheild was dirty. I just wanted to get him out of there so I personally washed the windshield and I soaked the dashboard with ArmorAll so he wouldn't have anything else to complain about. After a week, he returned the car and he needed a ride back to his bodyshop so I gave him a ride. He had a flashlight in his hand and he put it on the dashboard. I was stopped at a stoplight and he was complaining about how crappy the rental car was. When the light turned green and I pulled out, the flashlight slid off the dash and nailed the old guy in the....um..family jewels. I guess I had used too much ArmorAll on the dashboard (that HE made me clean) Anyway, it was so funny all I could do was sit there with my mouth wide open until I eventually faked a cough. When he got out of the car, I laughed so hard that when I got back to the office, everyone thought the guy had been mean to me and I was crying.
I was managing at Enterprise Rent-a-Car a while back and part of that job is giving the customers a ride if they need one after they returned their rental car. I had this one older gentleman that gave me a rough time from the moment he walked in the door, he griped about everything. We were busy so he had to wait about 10 min. and he griped about that. I had to answer the phone while I assisted him and he griped about that. The insurance company would only cover a mid size car and he griped about that. I put him into his rental car and he said the dashboard and windsheild was dirty. I just wanted to get him out of there so I personally washed the windshield and I soaked the dashboard with ArmorAll so he wouldn't have anything else to complain about. After a week, he returned the car and he needed a ride back to his bodyshop so I gave him a ride. He had a flashlight in his hand and he put it on the dashboard. I was stopped at a stoplight and he was complaining about how crappy the rental car was. When the light turned green and I pulled out, the flashlight slid off the dash and nailed the old guy in the....um..family jewels. I guess I had used too much ArmorAll on the dashboard (that HE made me clean) Anyway, it was so funny all I could do was sit there with my mouth wide open until I eventually faked a cough. When he got out of the car, I laughed so hard that when I got back to the office, everyone thought the guy had been mean to me and I was crying.