[SFDXA] ARE YOU WAITING TO BE CALLED?
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Sun Jan 26 00:06:44 EST 2014
I like this story - CW forever
ARE YOU WAITING TO BE CALLED?
Back when the telegraph was the fastest method of long-distance communication,
a young man applied for a job as a Morse Code operator. Answering an ad in the
newspaper, he went to the office address that was listed.
When
he arrived, he entered a large, busy office filled with noise and clatter,
including the sound of the telegraph in the background. A sign on the
receptionist's counter instructed job applicants to fill out a form and wait
until they were summoned to enter the inner office.
The
young man filled out his form and sat down with the seven other applicants in
the waiting area. After a few minutes, the young man stood up, crossed the room
to the door of the inner office, and walked right in.
Naturally
the other applicants perked up, wondering what was going on. They muttered
among themselves that they hadn't heard any summons yet.
They
assumed that the young man who went into the office made a mistake and would be
disqualified.
Within
a few minutes, however, the employer escorted the young man out of the office and
said to the other applicants, "Gentlemen, thank you very much for coming,
but the job has just been filled."
The
other applicants began grumbling to each other, and one spoke up saying,
"Wait a minute, I don't understand. He was the last to come in, and we
never even got a chance to be interviewed. Yet he got the job. That's not
fair!"
The
employer said, "I'm sorry, but the last several minutes while you've been
sitting here, the telegraph has been ticking out the following message in Morse
Code: 'If you understand this message, then come right in. The job is yours.'
None of you heard it or understood it. This young man did. The job is
his."
We
are so busy living in a world that is full of noise and clatter, like that
office. people are distracted and unable to hear what is going on around them.
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