Subject: Union & Golf
From: Unicorn (unicorn@indenial.com)
Date: Thu Jun 20 2002 - 20:56:09 EDT
"Unions"
The supervisor for the Union Of Road Construction
Workers called the meeting to order.
"Men -- we've agreed on a new deal with the state.
We'll no longer have to work FOUR days a week!"
"HOOORAY!!!" the crowd cheered.
"We'll quit work at 4 PM and not 5 PM!"
"HOORAY!!!" the crowd roared.
"We don't have to be in until 11 AM instead of
10 AM!"
"HOORAY!!!" the crowd thundered.
"And now, even though 99% of the roads in the
country are blocked by orange barrels, we'll
only have to work on Wednesdays!!"
Silence.
A voice from the back of the room asks, "You
mean, EVERY Wednesday?"
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"Union & Golf"
Negotiations between union members and their
employer were at an impasse. The union denied
that their workers were flagrantly abusing their
contract's sick-leave provisions.
One morning at the bargaining table, the company's
chief negotiator held aloft the morning edition of the
newspaper, "This man," he announced, "called in
sick yesterday!"
There on the sports page, was a photo of the
supposedly ill employee, who had just won a local
golf tournament with an excellent score. The silence
in the room was broken by a union negotiator.
"Wow," he said. "Think of what kind of score he
could have had if he hadn't been sick!"
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