Thursday, March 24, 2005
Breeds Familiarity
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The manager of a large business noticed a new man one day
and told him to come into his office. "What is your name?"
was the first thing the manager asked the new guy.
"John," the new guy replied.
The manager scowled, "Look, I don't know what kind of a
mamby-pamby place you worked at before, but I don't call
anyone by their first name. It breeds familiarity and that
leads to a breakdown in authority. I refer to my employees
by their last name only - Smith, Jones, Baker - that's all.
I am to be referred to only as Mr. Robertson. Now that we
have that straight, what is your last name?"
The new guy sighed and said, "Darling. My name is John Darling."
"Okay, John, the next thing I want to tell you is ..."
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