The Elevator Operator

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I took an elevator up to the 69th floor for a meeting and as I was getting out, the operator said, “Have a good day, son.” I grumbled, “Don’t call me son. You’re not my dad.”

He scratched his head. “No, but I brought you up, didn’t I?”

After my meeting, I got back on the elevator to go back down and the same operator was there.

I didn’t say anything to him, but when we got to the ground floor, he said to me, “I’m sorry.”

“Because you thought you were my dad?” I asked him.

He shook his head. “No, son, because I let you down.”

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Posted: May 15, 2026 (1 month ago)
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Topics: misunderstanding, wordplay, workplace humor
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