A blonde who had been unemployed for several months got a job with
Public Works. She was to paint lines down the center of a rural road.
The supervisor told her that she was on probation and that she must
stay at or above the set average of two miles per day to remain
employed. The blonde agreed to the conditions and started right away.
The supervisor checking up at the end of the day, found that the
blonde had completed four miles on her first day, double the average!
"Great," he told her, "I think you're really going to work out."
The next day, however, he was disappointed to find that the blonde
only accomplished two miles. The supervisor thought, "Well she's
still at the average and I don't want to discourage her, so I'll just
keep quiet."
The third day however the blonde only did one mile and the boss
thought, "I need to talk to her before this gets any worse." The boss
pulled the new employee in and said, "You were doing so great. The
first day you did four miles, the second day two miles, but yesterday
you only did one mile. Why? Is there a problem? An injury, equipment
failure? What's keeping you from meeting the two-mile minimum?"
The blonde replied "Well, each day I keep getting farther and farther
away from the bucket."
