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lipstick:
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According to a news report, a certain private school in
Victoria,
BC recently was faced with a unique problem.
A number of grade 12 girls were beginning to use lipstick
and would put it on in the bathroom. That was fine, but
after they put on their lipstick they would press their lips
to the mirror leaving dozens of little lip prints.
Every night, the maintenance man would remove them and the
next day, the girls would put them back.
Finally the principal decided that something had to be done.
She called all the girls to the bathroom and met them there
with the maintenance man. She explained that all these lip
prints were causing a major problem for the custodian who
had to clean the mirrors every night.
To demonstrate how difficult it had been to clean the
mirrors, she asked the maintenance man to show the girls how
much effort was required.
He took out a long-handled squeegee, dipped it in the
toilet, and cleaned the mirror with it.
Since then, there have been no lip prints on the mirror.
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smart salesman:
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A neatly dressed salesman stopped a man in the street and
asked -
"Sir, would you like to buy a a bottle of this mouthwash for
$200.00?"
Aghast, the man said, "are you NUTS?, that's robbery!"
The salesman seemed hurt and then tries again -
"Sir, since you are a bit irate, I'll sell it to you for 1/2
price at $100.00?
Again, the man replies bluntly - "you must be crazy pal, now
go away!"
The salesman then reaches into his briefcase and pulls out 2
brownies and begins munching away on one of them. He tells
the irate guy -
"Sir, please share one of my brownies since I have annoyed
you so much".
Unwrapping the brownie, the guy takes a bite; suddenly, the
guys spits it out and says:
"HEY," he snarled, "this brownie tastes like crap!!!"
"It is," replied the salesman. "Wanna buy some mouthwash?"
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Bank Robbers:
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|A blonde and a brunette decided to rob a bank. They quickly
devised a good plan and they put their plan to action.
The brunette drove up to the front of the bank that they had
decided to rob. She turned to the blonde and asked her,
"Now, do you remember what the plan is?" The blonde sighed
and replied, "Yeah, yeah, I remember..." The brunette went
over the plan once more and let the blonde out to do her
stuff.
Before the blonde could shut the door, the brunette yelled
out, "Be sure to be in and out in no more than 5 minutes!"
The blonde ran inside and the brunette waited in the car...
and waited... and waited... and waited... and waited. After
waiting for so long in the car, the blonde bursts out of the
bank's doors, the alarm blaring loud enough to wake everyone
up. The blonde was lugging a bank safe behind her by a rope
tied around it. A security guard ran out of the bank, his
pants down around his ankles and attempting to reach his
gun. The blonde breathed heavily as she tried to put the
safe in the car but finally just gave up and dropped the
safe behind. She ran into the passenger seat and pulled the
door shut, the car already moving. The security guard
yelled, "Stop! Stop!" while the pair drove off, leaving the
safe with rope tied tightly around it behind. The brunette
frantically asked the blonde, "What the hell happened in
there?!?" The blonde was panting and turned to the brunette
and choked out, "What do you mean? I followed the plan
exactly!"
The brunette paused and yelled, "YOU IDIOT! YOU WERE
SUPPOSED TO TIE UP THE GUARD AND BLOW THE SAFE!" |
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TOP TEN EXCUSES FOR FALLING ASLEEP AT YOUR DESK:
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|1 "They told me at the blood bank this might happen."
2 "I wasn't sleeping, I was trying to pick up contact lens
without hands."
3 "I wasn't sleeping! I was meditating on the mission
statement and envisioning a new paradigm!"
4 "Amen"
5 "This is just a 15 minute power-nap like they raved about
in the last time management course you sent me to."
6 "Whew! Guess I left the top off the liquid paper"
7 "I was doing a highly specific Yoga exercise to relieve
work related stress."
8 "This is one of the seven habits of highly effective
people!"
9 "Boy, that cold medicine I took last night just won't wear
off!"
10
"Darn! Why did you interrupt me? I had almost figured out a
solution to our biggest problem."
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Factory Workers:
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|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 women are weak, 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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THE SUBSTITUTE TEACHER:
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|A substitute teacher walks into the classroom on the
blackboard she sees a message. It says, "Jimmy Poole, has
got the biggest tool, in the whole damn school!"
She yells, "Whose Jimmy Poole?"
This kid in the back stands up and says, "I'm Jimmy Poole."
"Well, Jimmy, your staying after school!
The very next day when the substitute teacher walks in, she
looks up at the blackboard and written on it, it says, "PAYS
to ADVERTISE."
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STOPPING BY THE OFFICE ONE DAY:
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|Resolving to surprise her husband, an executive's wife
stopped by his office. She found him with his secretary
sitting in his lap.
Without hesitating, he dictated, "...and in conclusion,
gentlemen, shortage or no shortage, I cannot continue to
operate this office with just one chair. |
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THE PERFECT SCAM:
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|Australian Police have been unable to recommend a
prosecution for the following scam:
A company takes out a newspaper advertisement claiming to be
able to supply imported hard core pornographic videos. As
their prices seem reasonable, people place orders and make
payments via check.
After several weeks, the company writes back explaining that
under the present law they are unable to supply the
materials and do not wish to be prosecuted. So they return
their customers' money in the form of a company check.
However, due to the name of the company, few people will
present these checks to their banks. The name of the
company: "The Anal Sex and Fetish Perversion Company." |
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ONE DAY WHILE SCAFFOLDING:
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|Steve, Bob, and Jeff were working on a very high
scaffolding one day when suddenly, Steve falls off and is
killed instantly. After the ambulance leaves with Steve's
body, Bob and Jeff realize that one of them is going to have
to tell Steve's wife.
Bob says he's good at this sort of sensitive stuff, so he
volunteers to do the job. After two hours he returns,
carrying a six-pack of beer.
"So did you tell her?" asks Jeff.
"Yep", replied Bob.
"Say, where did you get the six-pack?"
Bob informs Jeff. "She gave it to me!"
"What??" exclaims Jeff, "you just told her her husband died
and she gave you a six-pack??"
"Sure," Bob says.
"Why?" asks Jeff.
"Well," Bob continues, "when she answered the door, I asked
her, 'are you Steve's widow?' 'Widow?', she said, 'no, no,
you're mistaken, I'm not a widow!'
So I said: "I'll bet you a six-pack you ARE!'" |
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NEW SECRETARY:
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|Two guys were discussing the new secretary at their office.
John to George: "Man, I dated her last Tuesday and we had
wonderful sex. She's a lot better in bed than my wife!"
Two days later. George to John: "Well, I dated her too and
we had sex as well, but I still think your wife is better in
bed! |
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A DROP IN SALARY PERHAPS:
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|A man came home from work one day to find his wife sitting
on the front porch with her bags packed. He asked her where
she was going and she replied "I'm going to Las Vegas."
He questioned her as to why she was going and she told him
"I just found out that I can make $400.00 a night doing what
I give you for free".
He pondered that then went into the house and packed his
bags and returned to the porch and with his wife. She said
"And just where do you think you're going?"
"I'm going too!!" he replied.
"Why?" She asked.
"I want to see how you are going to live on $800.00 a year"! |
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IN THE SERVICE:
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|A man was being interviewed for a job. "Were you in the
service?" ask the interviewer.
"Yes, I was a Marine," responded the applicant.
"Did you see any active duty?"
"I was in Vietnam for 2 years and I have a partial
disability."
"May I ask what happened?"
"Well, I had a grenade go off between my legs and I lost
both testicles."
"You're hired. You can start Monday at 10 am."
"When does everyone else start? I don't want any
preferential treatment because of my disability."
"Everyone else starts at 7 am but I might as well be honest
with you. Nothing gets done between 7 and 10. We just sit
around scratching our balls trying to decide what to do
first." |
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A BIZARRE INTERVIEW TECHNIQUE:
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|A man walks into a building and tells the manager that he
wants to join their organization. The manager says, "Okay,
but there is one rule you have to follow. You cannot get an
erection while you are trying to join this group." The man
says O.K.
He is striped of his clothing. A bell is tied around his
penis and he is put into a room with nine other men who are
also trying to join. Then a naked woman is sent walking
across the room and nine bells are quiet, and his is ringing
away. The man begs for another chance and is given this
chance.
The woman walks by again and again the man's bell rings
again. The manager says to the man, "Pick up your stuff and
go. You are unfit for this organization."
As the man bends down to pick up his stuff, the other nine
bells start ringing. |
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APPLIED MATHEMATICS:
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|The population of this country is 237 million.
104 million are retired.
That leaves 133 million to do the work.
There are 85 million in school,
which leave 48 million to do the work.
Of this there are 29 million employed by the federal
government.
This leaves 19 million to do the work.
4 million are in the Armed Forces,
which leaves 15 million to do the work.
Take from the total the 14.8 million people who work for
State and City Government and that leaves 200,000 to do the
work.
There are 188,000 in hospitals,
so that leaves 12,000 to do the work.
Now, there are 11,998 people in Prisons.
That leaves Just two people to do the work. You and me.
And you're just sitting there reading jokes all day! |
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A QUESTION OF BILLING:
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|A one dollar bill met a twenty dollar bill and said, "Hey,
where've you been? I haven't seen you around here much."
The twenty answered, "I've been hanging out at the casinos,
went on a cruise and did the rounds of the ship, back to the
United States for awhile, went to a couple of baseball
games, to the mall, that kind of stuff. How about you?"
The one dollar bill said, "You know, same old stuff...
church, church, church." |
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TOP TEN TRICKS TO LIVEN UP A MEETING:
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|1 Stand up and act indignant. Demand that the boss tell you
the 'real' reason this meeting has been called.
2 Spill coffee on the conference table. Produce a little
paper boat and sail it down the table.
3 During a meeting, each time the boss makes an important
point, (or at least one he/she seems to consider important),
make a little noise like you are building up to an orgasm.
4 Stay behind as everyone else, including the boss, leaves.
Thank them for coming.
5 Give a broad wink to someone else at the table. In time,
wink at everyone. Sometimes shake your head just a little,
as if to indicate that the speaker is slightly crazy and
everybody knows it.
6 Arrange to have a poorly-dressed young woman with an
infant quietly enter the meeting, stare directly at the
(male) speaker for a while, burst into tears, then leave the
room.
7 Bring a hand puppet, preferably an animal. Ask it to
clarify difficult points.
8 When there is a call for questions, lean back in your
chair, prop your feet up on the table, smile contentedly,
and say, "Well, here's the way I see it, J.B..." (or any
other impressive-sounding initials that are not actually
your boss's.)
9 Complain loudly that your neighbour won't stop touching
you. Demand that the boss make him/her stop doing it.
10
Bring a small mountain of computer printouts to the meeting.
If possible, include some old-fashioned fanfold paper for
dramatic effect. Every time the speaker makes a point,
pretend to check it in one of the printouts. Pretend to find
substantiating evidence there. Nod vigorously, and say
"uh-huh, uh-huh!" |
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THE VALUE ADDED CHICKEN JOKE:
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|Question: Why did the chicken cross the road?
Buddha Asking this question denies your own chicken nature.
Colonel
Sanders Damn, I missed one!
Anderson
Consulting Deregulation of the chicken's side of the road
was threatening its dominant market position. The chicken
was faced with significant challenges to create and develop
the competencies required for the newly competitive market.
Andersen Consulting, in a partnering relationship with the
client, helped the chicken by rethinking its physical
distribution strategy and implementation processes. Using
the Poultry Integration Model (PIM), Andersen helped the
chicken use its skills, methodologies, knowledge, capital
and experiences to align the chicken's people, processes and
technology in support of its overall strategy within a
Program Management framework. Andersen Consulting convened a
diverse cross-spectrum of road analysts and best chickens
along with Anderson consultants with deep skills in the
transportation industry to engage in a two-day itinerary of
meetings in order to leverage their personal knowledge
capital, both tacit and explicit, and to enable them to
synergize with each other in order to achieve the implicit
goals of delivering and successfully architecting and
implementing an enterprise-wide value framework across the
continuum of poultry cross-median processes. The meeting was
held in a park-like setting, enabling and creating an
impactful environment which was strategically based,
industry-focused, and built upon a consistent, clear, and
unified market message and aligned with the chicken's
mission, vision, and core values. This was conducive towards
the creation of a total business integration solution.
Andersen Consulting helped the chicken change to become more
successful. |
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A LITTLE MONKEY BUSINESS:
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|A tourist walks into a pet shop in Silicon Valley, and is
browsing around the cages on display. While he's there,
another customer walks in and says to the shopkeeper, "I'll
have a C monkey, please". The shopkeeper nods, goes over to
a cage at the side of the shop and takes out a monkey. He
fits a collar and leash and hands it to the customer, saying
"That'll be $5,000". The customer pays and walks out with
his monkey.
Startled, the tourist goes over to the shopkeeper and says,
"That was a very expensive monkey-most of them are only a
few hundred dollars. Why did it cost so much?"
"Oh", says the shopkeeper, "that monkey can program in C
with very fast, tight code, no bugs, well worth the money."
The tourist starts to look at the monkeys in the cage.
He says to the shop keeper, "That one's even more expensive,
$10,000! What does it do?"
"Oh", says the shopkeeper, "that one's a C++ monkey; it can
manage object-oriented programming, Visual C++, even some
Java, all the really useful stuff." The tourist looks round
for a little longer and sees a third monkey in a cage on its
own. The price tag round its neck says $50,000.
He gasps to the shop keeper, "That one costs more than all
the others put together! What on earth does it do?"
"Well," says the shopkeeper, "I don't know if it actually
does anything, but says it's a Consultant." |
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AN ACCOUNTANT FOR THE MOB:
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|There was this man that was an accountant for the mob. He
happened to be deaf and mute. While working for the mob he
collected over 500,000 dollars by stealing from the books.
The mob boss finds out about this and sends two hitmen to
his house. Since the accountant was deaf and mute his
brother translated what his brother said.
Hitman: where is the money?
Accountant signs he does not know
Brother: he said he does not know
Hitman: tell us where the money is or we will kill your wife
and kids, burn down your house, and castrate you!
Accountant signs fast and furiously that the money is in a
safe that is hidden in the floorboard of his closet and
gives the combination.
Hitman: what did he say?
Brother: you don't have the balls! |
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REJECTION LETTER RESPONSE TEMPLATE:
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|The next time you get a rejection letter from a hoped-for
employer or publisher, just send them the following:
Dear [name of the person who signed the rejection letter],
Thank you for your letter of [date of the rejection letter].
After careful consideration, I regret to inform you that I
am unable to accept your refusal to offer me [employment
with your firm/a contract to publish my book].
This year I have been particularly fortunate in receiving an
unusually large number of rejection letters. With such a
varied and promising field of candidates, it is impossible
for me to accept all refusals. Despite [name of the co or
agency that sent you this letter]'s outstanding
qualifications and previous experience in rejecting
[applicants/manuscripts], I find that your rejection does
not meet with my needs at this time.
Therefore, I will initiate [employment/publishing] with your
firm immediately following [graduation/job change, etc. --
get creative here]. I look forward to working with you.
Best of luck in rejecting future [candidates/manuscripts].
Sincerely,
[your name] |
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A MANAGER'S DILEMA:
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|An office manager had money problems & had to fire an
employee, either Jack or Jill... He thought he'd fire the
employee who came late to work the next morning.
Well, both employees came to work very early. Then the
manager thought he would catch the first one who took a
coffee break. Unfortunately, neither employee took a coffee
break. Then the manager decided to see who took the longest
lunch break - strangely, neither Jack nor Jill took a lunch
break that day, they both ate at their desk. Then the
manager thought he'd wait & see who would leave work the
earliest and both employees stayed after closing.
Jill finally went to the coat rack & the manager went up to
her & said,
"Jill, I have a terrible problem. I don't know whether to
lay you or Jack off." Jill said,
"Well, you'd better jack off, because I'm late for my bus." |
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EAGER TO IMPRESS THE BOSS:
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|A young executive was leaving the office late one evening
when he found the CEO standing in front of a shredder with a
piece of paper in his hand.
"Listen," said the CEO, "this is a very sensitive and
important document here, and my secretary has gone for the
night. Can you make this thing work?"
"Certainly," said the young executive. He turned the machine
on, inserted the paper, and pressed the start button.
"Excellent, excellent!" said the CEO as his paper
disappeared inside the machine. "I just need one copy."
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THE HR E-MAIL:
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Attention: Human Resources
Joe Smith, my assistant programmer, can always be found
hard at work in his cubicle. Joe works independently,
without
wasting company time talking to colleagues. Joe never
thinks twice about assisting fellow employees, and he always
finishes given assignments on time. Often Joe takes extended
measures to complete his work, sometimes skipping
coffee breaks. Joe is an individual who has absolutely no
vanity in spite of his high accomplishments and profound
knowledge in his field. I firmly believe that Joe can be
classed as a high-calibre employee, the type which cannot be
dispensed with. Consequently, I duly recommend that Joe be
promoted to executive management, and a proposal will be
executed as soon as possible.
Regards,
Project Leader
e-mail two
Attention: Human Resources
Joe Smith was reading over my shoulder while I wrote the
report sent to you earlier today. Kindly read only the odd
numbered lines [1, 3, 5, etc.] for my true assessment of his
ability.
Regards,
Project Leader |
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THE INTERN PUBLIC FOLDER:
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|We have a big intern public folder at work, where all
interns can post items and discussions, I found this is very
amusing:
Intern 1: Does anyone know where and how we can access a
high quality scanner and maybe even a photo quality 300dpi
printer on campus?
Intern 2: Translation: Does anyone know where I can get
access to the necessary equipment for making a fake ID?
Intern 3: Don't jump to conclusions. He could just as well
want it to scan pornographic images.
Intern 4: Yes! The past few posts have made it perfectly
clear! Intern 1 plans to scan pornographic images onto false
identification cards! This will allow him and his friends
to:
1) Get into bars
2) Improve the quality of their appearance
3) Give bouncers something to look at besides a smug photo
4) Distract bouncers from the scotch tape edges What a
brilliant marketing move! Where can I buy stock in this
venture, Intern 1? |
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A DAY ON THE SICK:
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|An employee who had a terrible history for taking time off
phoned in again one Monday morning:
"I'm sorry, but I'll not be able to come in today as I'm too
sick."
On hearing this his exasperated boss could barely conceal
his anger and retorted in a rage:
"well, just how sick are you?"
"Well" the employee sighed, "I'm in bed with my sister!" |
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TIPS FOR SUCCESS IN BUSINESS:
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|1 Never walk down the hall without a document in your
hands. People with documents in their hands look like
hardworking employees heading for important meetings. People
with nothing in their hands look like they're heading for
the cafeteria. People with the newspaper in their hands look
like they're heading for the bathroom. Above all, make sure
you carry loads of stuff home with you at night, thus
generating the false impression that you work longer hours
than you do.
2 Use computers to look busy. Any time you use a computer,
it looks like work to the casual observer. You can send and
receive personal e-mail, calculate your finances and
generally have a blast without doing anything remotely
related to work. These aren't exactly the societal benefits
that everybody from the computer revolution expected but
they're not bad either. When you get caught by your
boss--and you will get caught--your best defense is to claim
you're teaching yourself to use the new software, thus
saving valuable training dollars. You're not a loafer,
you're a self-starter. Offer to show your boss what you
learned. That will make your boss scurry away like a
frightened salamander.
3 Messy desk. Top management can get away with a clean desk.
For the rest of us, it looks like you're not working hard
enough. Build huge piles of documents around your workspace.
To the observer, last year's work looks the same as today's
work; it's volume that counts. Pile them high and wide. If
you know somebody is coming to your cubicle, bury the
document you'll need halfway down in an existing stack and
rummage for it when he/she arrives.
4 Voice mail. Never answer your phone if you have voice
mail. People don't call you just because they want to give
you something for nothing-- they call because they want YOU
to do work for THEM. That's the way to live. Screen all your
calls through voice mail. If somebody leaves a voice mail
message for you and it sounds like impending work, respond
during lunch hour. That way, you're hardworking and
conscientious even though you're being a devious weasel. If
you diligently employ the method of screening incoming calls
and then returning calls when nobody is there, this will
greatly increase the odds that they will give up or look for
a solution that doesn't involve you. The sweetest voice mail
message you can ever hear is "Ignore my last message. I took
care of it." If your voice mailbox has a limit on the number
of messages it can hold, make sure you reach that limit
frequently. One way to do that is to never erase any
incoming messages. If that takes too long, send yourself a
few messages. Your callers will hear a recorded message that
says, "Sorry, this mailbox is full"--a sure sign that you
are a hardworking employee in high demand.
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DIFFERENCES BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR BOSS:
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|1 When you take a long time, you're slow.
When your boss takes a long time, he's thorough.
2 When you don't do it, you're lazy.
When your boss doesn't do it, he's too busy.
3 When you make a mistake, you're an idiot.
When your boss makes a mistake, he's only human.
4 When doing something without being told, you're
overstepping your authority.
When your boss does the same thing, that's initiative.
5 When you take a stand, you're being pig-headed.
When your boss does it, he's being firm.
6 When you overlooked a rule of ettiquette, you're being
rude.
When your boss skips a few rules, he's being original.
7 When you please your boss, you're arse-creeping.
When your boss pleases his boss, he's being co-operative.
8 When you're out of the office, you're wandering around.
When your boss is out of the office, he's on business.
9 When you're on a day off sick, you're always sick.
When your boss has a day off sick, he must be very ill.
10
When you apply for leave, you must be going for an
interview.
When your boss applies for leave, it's because he's
overworked. |
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QUOTES FROM EMPLOYEE APPRAISAL REPORTS:
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|1 Since my last report, he has reached rock bottom and has
started to dig.
2 His men would follow him anywhere, but only out of morbid
curiosity.
3 I would not allow this associate to breed.
4 Works well when under constant supervision and cornered
like a rat in a trap.
5 When she opens her mouth, it seems that this is only to
change whichever foot was previously in there.
6 He would be out of his depth in a puddle.
7 This young lady has delusions of adequacy.
8 She sets low personal standards and then consistently
fails to achieve them.
9 This associate should go far - and the sooner he starts
the better.
10
This associate is depriving a village somewhere of an idiot.
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A STORY ABOUT EVERYBODY:
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|This is a story about four people named Everybody,
Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody. There was an important job to
be done and Everybody was asked to do it. Everybody was sure
Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody
did it.
Somebody got angry about that, because it was Everybody's
job. Everybody thought Anybody could do it but Nobody
realized that Everybody wouldn't do it. It ended up that
Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could
have done. |
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how to annoy a archaeologist:
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give him a tampon and ask what period it came from, |
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Excuses For Missing Work:
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|* My stigmata's acting up.
* I can't come in to work today because I'll be stalking my
previous boss, who fired me for not showing up for work. OK?
* I have a rare case of 48-hour wrist leprosy, but I know we
have that deadline to meet...
* I am stuck in the blood pressure machine down at the Food
Giant.
* I just found out that I was switched at birth. Legally, I
shouldn't come to work knowing my employee records may now
contain false information.
* The dog ate my car keys. We're going to hitchhike to the
vet.
* I prefer to remain an enigma....it's Monday.
* My stepmother has come back as one of the Undead and we
must track her to her coffin to drive a stake through her
heart and give her eternal peace.
* I am converting my calendar from Julian to Gregorian.
* I am extremely sensitive to a rise in the interest rates.
* I refuse to travel to my job until there is a commuter
tax. I insist on paying my fair share.
* I was up on a ladder decorating the Christmas tree when my
mother called me and told me I was Jewish.
* I've used up all my sick days...so I'm calling in dead! |
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