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A blonde who had been unemployed for several months got a job with Public
Works. She was to paint lines down the center of a rural road. The
supervisor told her that she was on probation and that she must stay at or
above the set average of 2 miles per day to remain employed.
The blonde agreed to the conditions and started right away. The supervisor
checked up at the end of the day and found that she had completed four miles
on her first day, double the average!
"Great," he told her, "I think you're really going to work out."
The next day, however, he was disappointed to find that the blonde only
accomplished two miles. The supervisor thought, "Well she's still at the
average and I don't want to discourage her, so I'll just keep quiet."
The third day however the blonde only did one mile and the boss thought, "I
need to talk to her before this gets any worse." The boss talked the new
employee and said, "You were doing so great. The first day you did four
miles, the second day two miles, but yesterday you only did one mile. Why?
Is there a problem? An injury, equipment failure? What's keeping you from
meeting the two mile minimum?"
The blonde replied, "Well, each day I keep getting farther and farther away
from the paint bucket."
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