WOMEN WHO KNOW THEIR PLACE

Barbara Walters of 20/20 did a story on gender roles in  Kabul, Afghanistan several years before the Afghan conflict.

She noted that women customarily walked five paces behind their husbands.

She recently returned to Kabul and observed that women still walk behind their husbands. Despite the overthrow of the oppressive Taliban regime, the women now seem happy to maintain the old custom.

Ms Walters approached one of the Afghani women and asked, 'Why do you now seem happy with an old custom that you once tried so desperately to change?

The woman looked Ms Walters straight in the eyes, and without hesitation said, "Land mines."  

Moral of the story is (no matter what language you speak or where you go): 

BEHIND EVERY MAN, THERE'S A SMART WOMAN!  

HOW TO PROPERLY PLACE NEW EMPLOYEES . . .

A suggestion from a Human Resources Manager:

HOW TO PROPERLY PLACE NEW EMPLOYEES . . .

1. Put 400 bricks in a closed room.
2. Put your new hires in the room and close the door.
3. Leave them alone and come back after 6 hours.
4. Then analyze the situation:
a. If they are counting the bricks, put them in the Accounting Department.
b. If they are recounting them, put them in Auditing.
c. If they have messed up the whole place with the bricks, put them in Engineering.
d. If they are arranging the bricks in some strange order, put them in Planning.
e. If they are throwing the bricks at each other, put them in Operations.
f. If they are sleeping, put them in Security.
g. If they have broken the bricks into pieces, put them in Information Technology.
h. If they are sitting idle, put them in Human Resources.
i. If they say they have tried different combinations, they are looking for more, yet not a brick has been moved, put them in Sales.
j. If they have already left for the day, put them in Management.
k. If they are staring out of the window, put them in Strategic  Planning.
l. If they are talking to each other, and not a single brick has been moved, congratulate them and put them in Top Management.
m. Finally, if they have surrounded themselves with bricks in such a way that they can neither be seen nor heard from, put them in Congress.

Hairs stand up straight

While hair cutting, official Barber asked Kapil Sibal, ’What’s this Swiss Bank issue

Kapil Sibal shouted, “YOU, you are cutting hair or making inquiry?” Barber: Sorry Sir, I just asked.

Next day, while cutting the hair, he asked Pranab Mukherjee, “Sir, what’s this Black money issue?

Pranab shouted, ’Why did you ask me this question?’ Barber: ’Sorry Sir, just asked you’

Next day, CBI interrogated the Barber, ’Are you an agent of Baba Ramdev?’ Barber: No Sir.

CBI: Are you the agent of Anna? Barber: No Sir.

CBI: Then while cutting the hair, why you ask Congress Ministers about Swiss Bank and Black money issues?

Barber: Sir, I do not know why, when I ask about Swiss Bank or Black money, Congress Ministers’ hairs stand up straight; and that helps me to cut the hair easily; that’s why I keep on asking...