Employee: "Sir, what is the secret of your success?"
Manager: "Two words."
Employee: "And, Sir, what are they?"
Manager: "Right decisions."
Employee: "And how do you make right decisions?"
Manager: "One word."
Employee: "And, What is that?"
Manager: "Experience."
Employee: "And how do you get Experience?"
Manager: "Two words."
Employee: "And, Sir, what are they?"
Manager: "Wrong decisions."
The first time my son was on a bike with training wheels, I shouted, "Step back on the pedals and the bike will brake!"
He nodded but still rode straight into a bush.
"Why didn’t you push back on the pedals?" I asked, helping him up.
"You said if I did, the bike would break."
My father’s secretary was visibly distraught one morning when she arrived at the office and explained that her children’s parrot had escaped from his cage and flown out an open window. Of all the dangers the tame bird would face outdoors alone, she seemed most concerned about what would happen if the bird started talking.
Confused, my father asked what the parrot could say. “Well,” she explained, “he mostly says, ‘Here, kitty, kitty, kitty.’”
I love making clothes for my five-year-old granddaughter. And she, in turn, always seems happy to accept them. The other day, I asked if she would like me to make her a skirt.
"Yes," she said. "But this time, could you make it look like it came from a store?"