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 2 miles per day to remain employed. The blonde agreed to the conditions and started right away.
一個已經幾個月沒有工作的金髮女郎,找到了一份公共工程建設的工作.她要給一條鄉村公路的中央畫線.監工告訴她,在試用期她必須保證每天刷兩英里或兩英里以上才能保住工作.這個金髮女郎同意馬上開始工作.
The supervisor checked up at the end of the day and found that she had completed four miles on her first day, double the average! "Great ,"he told her, "I think you are really going to work out."The next day,however, he was disappointed to find that the blonde only did two miles. The supervisor thought,"She is still above the average. I should not discourage her. I'd better keep silence first." In the third day, the blonde only did one mile and the boss thought, "I need to talk to her before this gets any worse."
監工當天檢查時發現她第一天完成了四英里,是平均量的兩倍!"很好!"監工告訴她,"我想你會幹得很出色."但是第二天,他失望地發現女郎只完成了兩英里.監工想:"她還在平均量以上,我還不能打擊她,我先要保持沉默."第三天,金髮女郎只刷了一英里,老闆想:"在她幹得更差之前我得跟她談談."
The boss talked to the new employee 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. Is there a problem? 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 paint bucket."
老闆對這個新僱員說:"第一天你幹得那麼好,刷了四英里,第二天兩英里,但昨天你只刷了一英里.有什麼問題嗎?什麼讓你連兩英里的限度也到不了?"女郎回答:"因為我離油漆桶一天比一天遠."
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