HUMOR Digest - 23 Jun 1997 to 24 Jun 1997

Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 02:24:49 -0400
From: Jim Moore Jr
Subject: HighJinks at State Highway

"Senior Managers" (aka "Big Wheels") at the Maryland State Highway Administration are unclassified positions that require no testing or merit exams. This one fellow applied for a job as an assistant to a Senior Manager and did have to take an exam for the job.

In the meantime though, the Senior Manager position itself opened up, because of a retirement. He applied for that, and was hired.

Some time later, this same fellow got a letter in the mail advising him that he did not qualify for the position of the Assistant Senior Manager. The letter was signed by him, as part of his new duties.

Once you reach mid-level management, promotions are hard to come by at the State Highway. I congratulated one woman on her recent upgrade and asked if she would mind telling me how she pulled it off.

She smiled and said, "Well, sure. But I doubt very much if it'll do you any good."

I never realized that single females had it even tuffer than us guys when a new boss takes over. I overheard one secretary tell another:

"The boss has had his eye on me all week. I don't know whether to act interested or busy."

Fellow named Dan and I were getting a cup of coffee. At that moment, Rene, who had an early dinner date, walked by after changing into her skin-tight everythings.

We both watched silently until she was outta sight. Finally Dan said, "Whoever said that Rene was all thumbs ?"

My boss was interviewing applicants. One of the questions asked is always "Who is the most important person in the State Highway ?" The answer, of course, is supposed to be "The public."

This one fellow half-asked, half-answered, "You ?"

Guy was hired on the spot !

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