more OT stuff on M$ and silliness
Rusty Carruth
rustyc@descomp.com
Wed, 04 Apr 2001 12:49:31 -0700
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Subject: [silly???] Microsoft & your career
Organization: Dis-organized?
Ok, look, I know its not exactly right down there at the end, but
its cute anyway.
> >>>>> Thus spake Ed Coleman <coleman@tempe.tt.slb.com>
>
> > An unemployed man goes to apply for a job with Microsoft as a
janitor.
> > The manager there arranges for him to take an aptitude test
(Section:
> > Floors, sweeping and cleaning).
> > After the test, the manager says, "You will be employed at
minimum
> > wage,$5.15 an hour. Let me have your e-mail address, so that I
can send
> > you a form to complete and tell you where to report for work on
your
> > first day."
> > Taken aback, the man protests that he has neither a computer nor
an
> > e-mail address. To this the MS manager replies, "Well, then, that
means
> > that you virtually don't exist and can therefore hardly expect to
be
> > employed."
> > Stunned, the man leaves. Not knowing where to turn and having
only $10
> > in his wallet, he decides to buy a 25 pound flat of tomatoes at
the
> > supermarket. Within less than 2 hours, he sells all the tomatoes
> > individually at 100% profit.
> > Repeating the process several times more that day, he ends up
with
> > almost $100 before going to sleep that night. And thus it dawns
on him
> > that he could quite easily make a living selling tomatoes.
Getting up
> > early every day and going to bed late, he multiplies his profits
> > quickly.
> > After a short time he acquires a cart to transport several dozen
boxes
> > of tomatoes, only to have to trade it in again so that he can buy
a
> > pick-up truck to support his expanding business. By the end of
the
> > second year, he is the owner of a fleet of pick-up trucks and
manages a
> > staff of a hundred formerly unemployed people, all selling
tomatoes.
> > Planning for the future of his wife and children, he decides to
buy some
> > life insurance. Consulting with an insurance adviser, he picks an
> > insurance plan to fit his new circumstances. At the end of the
telephone
> > conversation, the adviser asks him for his e-mail address in
order to
> > send the final documents electronically.
> > When the man replies that he has no e-mail, the adviser is
stunned,
> > "What, you don't have e-mail? How on earth have you managed to
amass
> > such wealth without the Internet, e-mail and e-commerce? Just
imagine
> > where you would be now, if you had been connected to the internet
from
> > the very start!"
> > After a moment of thought, the tomato millionaire replied, "Why,
of
> > course! I would be a floor cleaner at Microsoft!"
> >
> > Moral of this story:
> > 1. The Internet, e-mail and e-commerce do not need to rule your
life.
> > 2. If you don't have e-mail, but work hard, you can still become
a
> > millionaire.
> > 3. Seeing that you got this story via e-mail, you're probably
closer to
> > becoming a janitor than you are to becoming a millionaire.
> > 4. If you do have a computer and e-mail, you have already been
taken to
> > the cleaners by Microsoft.
>
> << End forwarded message
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From: Rusty Carruth <rustyc@descomp.com>
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> >>>>> Thus spake Ed Coleman <coleman@tempe.tt.slb.com>
>
> > An unemployed man goes to apply for a job with Microsoft as a janitor.
> > The manager there arranges for him to take an aptitude test (Section:
> > Floors, sweeping and cleaning).
> > After the test, the manager says, "You will be employed at minimum
> > wage,$5.15 an hour. Let me have your e-mail address, so that I can send
> > you a form to complete and tell you where to report for work on your
> > first day."
> > Taken aback, the man protests that he has neither a computer nor an
> > e-mail address. To this the MS manager replies, "Well, then, that means
> > that you virtually don't exist and can therefore hardly expect to be
> > employed."
> > Stunned, the man leaves. Not knowing where to turn and having only $10
> > in his wallet, he decides to buy a 25 pound flat of tomatoes at the
> > supermarket. Within less than 2 hours, he sells all the tomatoes
> > individually at 100% profit.
> > Repeating the process several times more that day, he ends up with
> > almost $100 before going to sleep that night. And thus it dawns on him
> > that he could quite easily make a living selling tomatoes. Getting up
> > early every day and going to bed late, he multiplies his profits
> > quickly.
> > After a short time he acquires a cart to transport several dozen boxes
> > of tomatoes, only to have to trade it in again so that he can buy a
> > pick-up truck to support his expanding business. By the end of the
> > second year, he is the owner of a fleet of pick-up trucks and manages a
> > staff of a hundred formerly unemployed people, all selling tomatoes.
> > Planning for the future of his wife and children, he decides to buy some
> > life insurance. Consulting with an insurance adviser, he picks an
> > insurance plan to fit his new circumstances. At the end of the telephone
> > conversation, the adviser asks him for his e-mail address in order to
> > send the final documents electronically.
> > When the man replies that he has no e-mail, the adviser is stunned,
> > "What, you don't have e-mail? How on earth have you managed to amass
> > such wealth without the Internet, e-mail and e-commerce? Just imagine
> > where you would be now, if you had been connected to the internet from
> > the very start!"
> > After a moment of thought, the tomato millionaire replied, "Why, of
> > course! I would be a floor cleaner at Microsoft!"
> >
> > Moral of this story:
> > 1. The Internet, e-mail and e-commerce do not need to rule your life.
> > 2. If you don't have e-mail, but work hard, you can still become a
> > millionaire.
> > 3. Seeing that you got this story via e-mail, you're probably closer to
> > becoming a janitor than you are to becoming a millionaire.
> > 4. If you do have a computer and e-mail, you have already been taken to
> > the cleaners by Microsoft.
>
> << End forwarded message
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