A few minutes later, one of the missionaries started to laugh uncontrollably.
The other missionary couldn't believe it! He said, 'What's wrong with you? We're being boiled alive! They're gonna eat us! What could possibly be funny at a time like this?'
The other missionary replied, 'I just peed in the soup!'
Upon completion of the test, both men had each missed only one of the questions. The manager went to the first applicant and said, 'Thank you for your interest, but we've decided to give the job to the other applicant.'
"And why would you be doing that? We both got nine questions correct," asked the rejected applicant.
"We have based our decision not on the correct answers, but on the question you missed," said the department manager.
"And just how would one incorrect answer be better than the other?" the rejected applicant inquired.
'Simple,' said the department manager, 'Your fellow applicant put down on question #5, 'I don't know.' You put down, 'Neither do I.'
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