[FUN mgmt lesson] 3 parrots story

A man wanted to buy his son a parrot as a birthday present.
The next day he went to the pet shop and saw three identical parrots in a cage.

He asked the clerk, "how much for the parrot on the right?


The owner said it was $250.
"$250", the man said. "Well what does he do?
"He knows how to use all of the functions of Microsoft Office 2000, responds the clerk. "He can do all of your spreadsheets and type all of your letters."

The man then asked what the second parrot cost.
The clerk replied, $500, but he not only knows Office 2000, but is an expert computer programmer.

Finally, the man inquired about the cost of the last parrot.

The clerk replied, "$1,000."

Curious as to how a bird can cost $1,000, the man asked what this bird's specialty was.

The clerk replies, "Well to be honest I haven't seen him do anything.

But the other two call him " BOSS"!!

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[FUN lesson] Good Life starts only when you stop wanting a better one.

Once PVNR (PV Narasimha Rao), L.K. Advani and Laloo Prasad Yadav were
travelling in an auto rickshaw. They met with an accident and all three
of them died.
Yama Raja was waiting for this moment at the doorstep of death. He asks
PVNR and Advani to go to HEAVEN. But, for Laloo, Yama had already
decided that he should be sent to HELL.
Laloo is not at all happy with this decision. He asks Yama as to why
this discrimination is being made. All the three of them had served the
public.
Similarly, all took bribes, all misused public positions, etc. Then why
the differential treatment? He felt that there should be a formal test
or an objective evaluation before a decision is made; and should not be
just ased on opinion or pre conceived notions.
Yama agrees to this and asks all the three of them to appear for an
English test.
PVNR is asked to spell "INDIA" and he does it correctly.
Advani is asked to spell "ENGLAND" and he too passes.
It is Laloo's turn and he is asked to spell "CZECHOSLOVAKIA".
Laloo protests that he doesn't know English. He says this is not fair
and that he was given a tough question and thus forced to fail with
false intent.
Yama then agrees to conduct a written test in Hindi (to give another
chance assuming that Laloo should at least feel that Hindi would provide
an equal platform for all three).
PVNR is asked to write "KUTTA BOLA BHOW BHOW". He writes it easily and
passes.
Advani is asked to write "BILLY BOLI MYAUN MYAUN". He too passes.
Laloo is asked to write "BANDAR BOLA GURRRRRR....."
Tough one. He fails again.
Laloo is extremely unhappy. Having been a student of history (which the
other two weren't), he now requested for all the 3 to be subjected to a
test in history
Yama says OK but this would be the last chance and that he would not
take any more tests.
PVNR is asked: "When did India get Independence?" He replied "1947" and
passed.
Advani is asked "How many people died during the independence struggle?"

He gets nervous. Yama asked him to choose from 3 options: 100,000 or
200,000 or 300,000.Advani catches it and says 200,000 and passes.
It's Laloo's turn now. Yama asks him to give the Name and Address of
each of the 200,000 who died in the struggle. Laloo accepts defeat and
agrees to go to HELL.
Moral of the story: IF YOUR MANAGEMENT HAS DECIDED TO SCREW YOU, THERE
IS NO ESCAPE.
"Good Life starts only when you stop wanting a better One"

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[article] Management Lesson

One fine day, a bus driver went to the bus garage, started his bus, and drove off along the route. No problems for the first few stops - a few people got on, a few got off, and things went generally well.

At the next stop, however, a big hulk of a guy got on. Six feet eight, built like a wrestler, arms hanging down to the ground. He glared at the driver and said, "Big John doesn't pay!" and sat down at the back.

Did I mention that the driver was five feet three, thin, and basically meek? Well, he was:) Naturally, he didn't argue with Big John, but he wasn't happy about it. The next day the same thing happened - Big John got on again, made a show of refusing to pay, and sat down. And the next day, and the next....

This grated on the bus driver, who started losing sleep over the way Big John was taking advantage of him. Finally he could stand it no longer.

He signed up for body building courses, karate, judo, and all that good stuff.

By the end of the summer, he had become quite strong; what's more, he felt really good about himself. So on the next Monday, when Big John once again got on the bus and said, "Big John doesn't pay!"

The driver stood up, glared back at the passenger, and screamed, "And why not?"

With a surprised look on his face, Big John replied, "Big John has a bus pass."

Management Lesson: "Be sure there is a problem in the first place before working hard to solve one."