“Information? I need the number of the Caseway Insurance Company.” “Would you spell that, please?” “Certainly. C as in sea. A as in aye. S as in sea. E as in eye. W as in why. A as in are. Y as in you.” The operator pauses. “Just a minute, sir. I’ll connect you with [...]
“Young man, do you think you can handle a variety of work?” “I ought to be able to. I’ve had ten different jobs in four months.”
A young executive was leaving the office late one evening, when he finds 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 [...]
An Arthur Anderson partner comes back to his office and says to his manager, “Did you get my message where I said, ‘Ship the Enron documents to the Feds’?” The manager goes white. “Oh My God! I thought you said rip the Enron documents to shreds.”
A fellow had just been hired as the new CEO of a large high tech corporation. The CEO who was stepping down met with him privately and presented him with three numbered envelopes. “Open these if you run up against a problem you don’t think you can solve,” he said. Well, things went along pretty [...]
“The fees for withdrawing money from your ATM machines are expected to double, even triple. You’re gonna pay two to three as much to withdraw your money so basically the ATM machines have become full service. Instead of getting robbed at the ATM machine the ATM machine robs you. You eliminate the middle man.” – [...]
A young ensign had nearly completed his first overseas tour of sea duty when he was given an opportunity to display his ability at getting the ship under way. With a stream of crisp commands, he had the decks buzzing with men and soon, the ship had left port and was streaming out of the [...]
An Irishman goes for a job on a building site. The man says, “Can you brew tea?” The Irishman says, “Yes.” “Good. Can you drive a fork lift?” The Irishman looks at him and asksy, “Why? How big is the teapot?”
‘I’m very sad to announce this morning, girls, that Miss Jones has decided to retire,’ said the principal at morning assembly. ‘ Now we will all stand and sing this morning’s hymn….now Thank We All Our God.’
When the office photo-copies began to look faint, the office manager called in a local repair service. The friendly technician after inspecting the equipment, informed the manager that the machine was in need of a good cleaning. The tech suggested that someone might try reading the operator’s manual and perform the job themselves, since it [...]