WHAT IS YOUR NAME
Added on: 29th Oct 2016
A MANAGER IN A LARGE COMPANY
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 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 GOT 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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