THE FINANCIAL CONSULTANT
Added on: 18th Nov 2016
A WEALTHY AND VERY WELL DRESSED
FINANCIAL CONSULTANT ARRIVED
AT HIS OFFICE TO FILL OUT HIS
REPORT FOR THE COMPANY
HE WAS WORKING FOR.
THE DAPPER, EXTREMELY CONFIDENT
AND VERY DIGNIFIED GENTLEMAN
LEFT HIS PORSCHE WITH THE
PARKING ATTENDANT AND ENTERED
THE BUILDING WEARING HIS
DESIGNER BUSINESS SUIT.
HIS SHOES CLICKED ALONG THE
POLISHED FLOOR AS HE HEADED
FOR THE ELEVATOR.
HE PICKED UP THE PAPERWORK
AND STRUTTED INTO HIS WELL
FURNISHED OFFICE, PUT DOWN HIS
FIFTEEN HUNDRED DOLLAR
BRIEFCASE AND SAT DOWN AT HIS DESK.
HE STARED AT THE QUESTIONS
FOR FIVE MINUTES AND
SHOOK HIS HEAD IN DISBELIEF.
HE LOOKED AGAIN
AND HIS SHOULDERS DROPPED.
"I KNOW I HAVE NO CHOICE,
BUT THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!"
HE SAID OUT LOUD.
THEN WITH A SIGH OF
EMBARRASSMENT,
HE REACHED DOWN,
UNTIED AND PULLED HIS FEET
OUT OF HIS HIGHLY POLISHED
$800 BROOKS BROTHERS
CAP TOE DRESS SHOES AND
THEN PEELED OFF HIS BLACK
SILK BUSINESS SOCKS AS WELL.
THE NOW BAREFOOT CONSULTANT
THEN STUFFED THE SOCKS IN THE SHINY,
EXPENSIVE SHOES AND DROPPED
THEM IN THE GARBAGE CAN.
A FEW MINUTES LATER,
HE SHOOK HIS HEAD AGAIN
WITH FRUSTRATION,
SLOWLY UNTIED HIS $150
HERMES SILK NECKTIE,
PLUCKED THE MATCHING
POCKET SQUARE OUT OF HIS SUIT POCKET,
UNFASTENED HIS MONOGRAMMED
GOLD CUFFLINKS AND SLID HIS
ROLEX OFF HIS WRIST.
HE THREW THEM IN TO THE
GARBAGE AS WELL.
HIS SILVER TIEPIN AND HIS
PAISLEY BRACES FOLLOWED.
A MOMENT LATER,
THE CONSULTANT DROPPED
HIS HEAD INTO HIS HANDS
AND GROANED.
NO LONGER CONFIDENT
AND DIGNIFIED,
HE LOOKED AROUND FURTIVELY.
THEN HE ANGRILY SHRUGGED
AND STOOD UP.
HE THEN STRIPPED OFF HIS $2,000
NAVY BLUE PINSTRIPE ARMANI
BUSINESS SUIT AND HIS
STARCHED WHITE SHIRT
AND FOLDED THEM BEFORE
STUFFING THEM IN THE GARBAGE AS WELL.
THE CONSULTANT FINALLY
SAT DOWN IN HIS UNDERWEAR
AND FINISHED HIS WORK.
A COLLEAGUE CAME IN,
LOOKED AROUND,
SAW THE STRIPPED CONSULTANT
AND HIS EXPENSIVE CLOTHES
PILED IN THE GARBAGE
AND WAS STUNNED.
“WHY DID YOU DO THIS?”
HE ASKED IN BEWILDERMENT.
THE FORMERLY WELL-DRESSED
AND IMPECCABLY GROOMED
CONSULTANT ANGRILY AND
WEARILY PICKED UP THE PAPERWORK.
“WHY DIDN’T YOU WARN ME ABOUT THIS?
IT SAYS RIGHT HERE:
INSTRUCTIONS MUST BE FOLLOWED EXACTLY!
ALL QUESTIONS MUST BE ANSWERED IN BRIEF!”
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