Subject: The Signs of Times
From: Unicorn (unicorn@indenial.com)
Date: Fri Jun 22 2001 - 07:35:38 EDT
"The Signs of Times"
The shopkeeper was dismayed when a brand
new business much like his own opened up
next door and erected a huge sign which read
BEST DEALS.
He was horrified when another competitor
opened up on his right, and announced its
arrival with an even larger sign, reading
LOWEST PRICES.
The shopkeeper was panicked, until he got
an idea. He put the biggest sign of all over
his own shop. It read... MAIN ENTRANCE.
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"Former Business Partners"
Weill and Mahoney had started with only five
hundred dollars between them, but they had
built up a computer business with sales in the
millions. Their company employed over two
hundred people, and the two executives lived
like princes.
Almost overnight, things changed. Sales
dropped sharply, former customers disappeared,
and the business failed. Weill and Mahoney
blamed each other for the troubles, and they
parted on unfriendly terms.
Five years later, Weill drove up to a decrepit diner
and stopped for a cup of coffee. As he was wiping
some crumbs from the table, a waiter approached.
Weill looked up and gasped.
"Mahoney!" he said, shaking his head. "It's a terrible
thing, seeing you working as a waiter in a place like
this."
"Yeah," Mahoney said, curling his lip. "But I don't
eat here."
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