A guy stopped at a service station to gas up. After filling his tank and paying the bill, he bought a can of Coke. As he stood by his car drinking his cola, he noticed a couple of men working along the road. One man dug a hole and then move on. Then, the other man came along behind him and filled in the newly dug hole. This process of one man digging a hole followed by another man filling it in continued.
"I can't stand this!" said the bystander. He tossed his empty soda pop can into the trash bin nearby, got into his car, and headed down the road toward the men. When he was at the spot where the men were, he pulled the car close to the curb, put the car on park, put on the emergency brake and lights, rolled down the car window on the passenger side, and hollered: "Hold it! Hold it! Excuse me, but can one of you tell me what's going on here with all this digging and refilling?"
"Well, we work for the government and we're just doing our job," replied the man who was doing the digging.
"But one of you is digging a hole and the other fills it up. You're not accomplishing anything. Aren't you wasting taxpayers' money?"
"You don't understand, mister," responded the digger, who leaned on his shovel and wiped his brow. "Normally there's three of us -- me, Elmer and Leroy. I dig the hole, Elmer sticks in a tree, and Leroy here puts the dirt back into the hole. Elmer's job's been cut. So, now it's just me and Leroy...." -Author Unknown
"I can't stand this!" said the bystander. He tossed his empty soda pop can into the trash bin nearby, got into his car, and headed down the road toward the men. When he was at the spot where the men were, he pulled the car close to the curb, put the car on park, put on the emergency brake and lights, rolled down the car window on the passenger side, and hollered: "Hold it! Hold it! Excuse me, but can one of you tell me what's going on here with all this digging and refilling?"
"Well, we work for the government and we're just doing our job," replied the man who was doing the digging.
"But one of you is digging a hole and the other fills it up. You're not accomplishing anything. Aren't you wasting taxpayers' money?"
"You don't understand, mister," responded the digger, who leaned on his shovel and wiped his brow. "Normally there's three of us -- me, Elmer and Leroy. I dig the hole, Elmer sticks in a tree, and Leroy here puts the dirt back into the hole. Elmer's job's been cut. So, now it's just me and Leroy...." -Author Unknown
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