A man got a job as a night watchman at a factory. There had been a lot of thefts by the workers on the night shift, and so every morning when the night shift workers passed through his gate it was his job to check their bags and pockets to make sure that nothing was being stolen.
Things were going along very well the first night on the job until a man pushing a wheelbarrow of newspaper came through his gate. Aha, he thought, that man thinks he can cover up what he is stealing with that newspaper. So he removed the paper only to find nothing. Still he felt that the man was acting strangely, so he questioned him about the paper.
“I get a little extra money from newspapers I recycle, so I go into the lunchroom and pick up all the ones people have thrown away.” The guard let him pass, but decided to keep a close eye on him. The next night it was the same, and the night after that. Week after week it went on. The same guy would push the wheelbarrow of newspapers past the guard’s checkpoint. The guard would always check and find nothing.
Then one night, about a year later, the guard reported for work only to find a message had been left for him telling him to report to his supervisor. He walked into the supervisor’s office and before he could say a word, the boss said, “You’re fired!”
“Fired?” he asked in total surprise. “Why? What did I do?”
“It was your job to make sure that no one stole anything from this plant and you have failed. So you’re fired.”
“Wait a minute, what do you mean failed. Nobody ever stole anything from this place while I was on guard.”
“Oh, really,” the boss answered. “Then how do you account for the fact that there are over 250 wheelbarrows missing?”
From Bits & Pieces
November 9, 2009
To Catch a Thief
November 7, 2009
Summer Hangin' in There
Was warm Friday, too, but next week's temps will start to slide down.
I'm already ready for spring. Supposed to be a cold, wet winter.
EDIT: Meant to add that yesterday was a record 100yr high. Just a few minutes ago I overheard a conversation at a convenience store between two women:
"My goodness, it certainly was warm yesterday!" exclaimed one woman.
"Yes, a record high!" said the other. "That's from global warming!"
I wanted to butt in and ask what caused the high temp a hundred years ago.
Sheesh, that's just the weather in the Panhandle for ya. It snowed in Amarillo a week or so ago. Guess that's global warming, too.
November 5, 2009
My Brand
I got an email from Marlboro this morning, offering me some coupons and a free tshirt. I don't smoke Marlboros now and give away the coupons they send me, but I'm always up for anything free, especially a free tshirt.
The nifty thing about the free tshirt is that I could create a unique "brand" to print on it.
It's the "Flying 4Q".
