The job interview
An office manager was given the task of hiring an individual
to fill a job
opening. After sorting through a stack of resumes he found
four people who
were equally qualified. He decided to call the four in and
ask them only
one question. Their answer would determine which of them
would get the job.
The day came and as the four sat around the conference room
table the
interviewer asked, "What is the fastest thing you
know of?" Acknowledging
the first man on his right, the man replied, "A THOUGHT.
It just pops into
your> head. There's no warning that it's on
the way; it's> just there. A
thought is the fastest thing I know of." "That's
very good!" replied the
interviewer. "And now you sir?" he asked the
second man. "Hmm....let me
see. A blink! It comes and goes and you don't know that
it ever happened. A
BLINK is the fastest thing I know of." "Excellent!"
said the interviewer.
"The blink of an eye... that's a very popular
clich for speed." He then
turned to the third man who was contemplating his reply.
"Well, out at my
dad's ranch, you step out of the house and on the wall
there's a light
switch. When you flip that switch, way out across the pasture
the light in
the barn comes on in less than an instant. Yep, TURNING ON
A LIGHT is the
fastest thing I can think of." The interviewer was
very impressed with the
third answer and thought he had found his man. "It's
hard to beat the speed
of light, " he said. Turning to the fourth and final
man, the interviewer
posed the same question. The last man replied, "After
hearing the three
previous answers, it's obvious to me that the fastest
thing known is
DIARRHEA." "WHAT!" said the interviewer,
stunned by the response? "Oh I
can explain." said the fourth man. "You see
the other day I wasn't feeling
so good and I ran for the bathroom. But, before I could THINK,
BLINK, or
TURN ON THE LIGHT, I had already shit my pants!" HE
GOT THE JOB
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