A responsible applicant Employer to applicant: "In this job we need someone who is responsible." Appli-
cant: "I'm the one you want. On my last job, every time anything went wrong, they said I
was responsible."
The boss called one of his employees into the office... The boss called one of his employees into the office. "Rob," he said, "you've been
with the company for a year. You started off in the post room, one week later you were
promoted to a sales position, and one month after that you were promoted to district
manager of the sales department. Just four short months later, you were promoted to vice-
chairman. Now it's time for me to retire, and I want you to take over the company. “What
do you say to that?"
"Thanks," said the employee.
"Thanks?" the boss replied. "Is that all you can say?"
"I suppose not," the employee said. "Thanks, Dad."
