Subject: Married Employees
From: Unicorn (unicorn@indenial.com)
Date: Mon Feb 26 2001 - 02:44:03 EST
"Married Employees"
In a small town in the US, there is a rather
sizable factory that hires only married men.
Concerned about this, a local woman called
on the manager and asked him, "Why is it
you limit your employees to married men?
Is it because you think us women are week,
dumb, cantankerous...or what?"
"Not at all, Ma'am," the manager replied.
"It is because our employees are used to
obeying orders, are accustomed to being
shoved around, know how to keep their
mouths shut and don't pout when I yell
at them."
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"New Employee"
The manager of a large office noticed a new
man one day and told him to come into his
office. "What is your name?" was the first
thing the manager asked the new guy.
"John," the new guy replied.
The manager scowled, "Look, I don't know what
kind of a namby-pamby place you worked at
before, but I don't call anyone by their first name.
It breeds familiarity and that leads to a breakdown
in authority. I refer to my employees by their last
name only - Smith, Jones, Baker - that's all. I am
to be referred to only as Mr. Robertson. Now that
we got that straight, what is your last name?"
The new guy sighed and said, "Darling. My name
is John Darling."
"Okay, John, the next thing I want to tell you is..."
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