Sunday, February 21, 2010

Management Pot-Pourri -- A Lesson for Every Salaried Employee

Saw this meaningful article in the internet. What most important is to stay accountability to yourself.

A shopkeeper watching over his shop is really surprised when he sees a dog coming inside his shop. He shoos him away. But later, the dog is back inside again. So he goes over to the dog and notices that it has a note inside its mouth. He takes the notes and it reads," Can I have 12 soaps and a shampoo bottle, please. The money is with the dog." The shopkeeper looks inside the dog's mouth and to his surprise, there is a $10 note in his mouth. So he takes the money and puts the soap, shampoo and change in a bag, and then places it in the dog's mouth.

The shopkeeper is so impressed, and since it is closing time, he decides to follow the dog. The dog is walking down the street, when it comes to the zebra crossing, he waits till the signal turns green. He walks across the street to the bus stop. He waits on the stop and looks up the timetable for the bus. The shopkeeper is totally out of his mind as the dog gets into the bus and sit on a vacant seat. The shopkeeper follows the dog. The dog waits for the conductor to come to his seat. He gives the change to the conductor and shows him the neck belt to keep the ticket. The shopkeeper is almost fainting at this sight and so are other people in the bus.

The dog then moves to the front exit of the door and waits for the bus stop to arrive, looking outside. As soon as the stop is in sight, he wags his tail to inform the driver to stop. Then not even waiting for the bus stop to arrive, the dog jumps out and runs to the house nearby. It opens a big iron gate and rushes towards the door. As it approaches the door, he changes his mind and walks towards the garden. The dogs walks up to the window and beats his head several times on the window. It then walks back to the door and waits. The shopkeeper maintaining his senses walks up to the door and watches a big guy opens the door.

The guy starts beating, kicking and abusing the dog. The shopkeeper is surprised and runs to stop the guy. The shopkeeper questions the guy, "What the heaven are you doing? The dog is a genius he could be famous in life." The guy responses, "You call this clever? This is the 3rd time in this week that the dog has forgotten the door keys."

MORAL OF THE STORY: YOU MAY CONTINUE TO EXCEED ONLOOKERS' EXPECTATIONS ... BUT ALWAYS FALL SHORT OF BOSSES' EXPECTATIONS ...


The Salary Axiom: The pay raise is just large enough to increase your taxes and just small enough to have no effect on your take-home pay.

Isaac's Strange Rule of Staleness: Any food that starts out hard will soften when stale. Any food that starts out soft will harden when stale.

Lampner's Law of Employment: When leaving work late, you will go unnoticed. When you leave work early, you will meet the boss in the parking lot.