Three magic envelopes

A new manager spends a week at his new office with the manager he is replacing.On the last day, the departing manager tells him, “I’ve left three numbered envelopes in the desk drawer. Open an envelope if you encounter a crisis you can’t solve.”

Three months down the road there is a major drama in the office and the manager feels very threatened by it all.

He remembers the parting words of his predecessor and opens the first envelope.

The message inside says “Blame your predecessor!”

He does this and gets off the hook.

About half a year later, the company is experiencing a dip in sales, combined with serious product problems.

The manager quickly opens the second envelope.

The message read, “Reorganize!”

He starts to reorganize and the company quickly rebounds.

Three months later, at his next crisis, he opens the third envelope.

The message inside says, “Prepare three envelopes.”

A very important meeting

Bob is a businessman. He is about to have a very important meeting in a hotel conference room next to the airport. On his flight in, Bob is seated next to Bill Gates.

After some small talk, Bob says, “Hey, Bill. If you have a few minutes to spare, it would really mean the world to me if you could just pop in my meeting and say hello like you know me. I’m sure that would make my meeting go over really well and I’d appear connected in the IT industry.”

Bill agrees and about 10 minutes after the meeting starts, bill opens the door to bobs conference room and says, “Hey, Bob. How are you?”

Bob shouts back, “Fuck off, Bill. Can’t you see I’m in a meeting?”