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No laughing Matter |
"Now I do it in
seven" by Madan Lamsal You read about some funny situations in the last issue that I said I had come across. Many of the readers called me up and said, they also had faced similar situations. Here, I share more such anecdotes: In a technical area of a newly opened department store at Maharajgunj where a certain switch was required to remain in a down position, a notice was placed over it which read: "Please leave depressed." Someone had added at the end: "Sometimes I even arrive depressed." ************* At a company staff meeting, the president of a company asked his supervisor why his project hadn't been started. The executive sheepishly said that he was waiting for a "go" signal. With that, the president stalked out of the room and returned a few minutes later with the company flag. Standing in from of everyone, he raised the flag and, in race-car fashion, lowered it swiftly while shouting, "Go!" ************** Once the feline club in the town had an overabundance of cats, and to deal with the surplus they posted a notice: "Laptops Available. Mouse Not Included." ************** Shopping for a computer for his son, a businessman asked the sales manager in Pacific Office Automation, one of the distributor of branded computer in Nepal, if the store honored credit cards. "Honor them?' Came the reply. "We worship them!" ************** The fast food joint of the Baneshwor could not attract the managers of the offices around the area even after they offered discounts. The problem was that some of the customers who were full-figured, found the chairs too small and uncomfortable. Therefore, they had filled in a comment card, saying that while the food and service were gradually improving, the chairs did not suit the weighty managers. Several weeks later, the managers received a note of apology - and a coupon for a free dessert. ************** Employee to boss: "I only work for you part-time, so kindly shout at me half as loudly as you do." ************** After visiting a business client, a manager of an IT company typed a letter to thank him for an interesting meeting. No errors were indicated by the word processor's spelling check, so he confidently sent it off. But following a frosty reception on his next visit, he checked through his correspondence file. To his dismay the letter that came up on the screen read, "Thank you for your time today … I look forward to seeing you again son." ************** When seven departmental heads of a large company were invited to attend a one-day seminar on "Delegation," five of them sent their deputies. ************** Now a days there are different workshops on the management topics. Recently in such a workshop the efficiency expert concluded his factory lecture with a warning: "Don't try these task-organizing tips at home." "Why not?" asked a participant. "I did a study of my wife's routine fixing breakfast," explained the expert. "She made a lot of trips between the refrigerator, stove, table and cupboards, often carrying only one item. 'Darling,' I suggested, 'why don't you try carrying several things at once?'" "Did it save time?" "Actually, yes. It used to take her 20 minutes to get breakfast. Now I do it in seven." |
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