一個(gè)已經(jīng)幾個(gè)月沒有工作的金發(fā)女郎,找到了一份公共工程建設(shè)的工作。她要給一條鄉(xiāng)村公路的中央畫線。監(jiān)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(gè)金發(fā)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(jiān)工當(dāng)天檢查時(shí)發(fā)現(xiàn)她第一天完成了四英里,是平均量的兩倍!“很好!”監(jiān)工告訴她,“我想你會(huì)干得很出色。”但是第二天,他失望地發(fā)現(xiàn)女郎只完成了兩英里。監(jiān)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,金發(fā)女郎只刷了一英里,老板想:“在她干得更差之前我得跟她談?wù)劇?rdquo;
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.”
老板對這個(gè)新雇員說:“第一天你干得那么好,刷了四英里,第二天兩英里,但昨天你只刷了一英里。有什么問題嗎?什么讓你連兩英里的限度也到不了?”女郎回答:“因?yàn)槲译x油漆桶一天比一天遠(yuǎn)。”