Humor

Although it may seem humorless, the Clerk's job can be a source of much humor.

[edit] Jokes Told on LDSClerks

The greatest oxymoron in the church is 'I am from the stake and here to help.' -- Told by Doug Cahoon, 13 Oct 2002.
Why would anybody be able to enter HT/VT before the end of the month if you don't do HT/VT until the last day of the month? -- Told by Michael Bower, 30 Mar 2004.
Mary had a little lamb
That grew into a sheep.
Then the lamb was made a clerk
And died of lack of sleep!
"does anyone have any strategies to help convince people to come to Tithing settlement over the phone?"
"...tithing settlement over the phone?" Who thought up _that_ idea?

Of particular interest is a letter about the travails of being a membership clerk circa 1980. The letter was published in Sunstone under the title A Religion of Clerks.

"Clerk" - The invincible and the invisible. If you ever want to move a mountain, parcel it out to all the clerks in the Church and it will be done by the last Sunday of the month. -- From Saintspeak: The Mormon Dictionary by Orson Scott Card.