Reaching the end of a job interview, the human resources person asked a young engineer fresh out of MIT what kind of a salary he was looking for. "In the neighborhood of $140,000 a year, depending on the benefits package." "Well, what would you say to a package of 5-weeks vacation, 14 paid holidays, full medical and dental, company matching retirement fund to 50% of salary, and a company car leased every 2 years...say, a red Corvette?" "Wow! Are you kidding?" "Yeah, but you started it."

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-- Sar01 (rauch01@yahoo.com), March 01, 2001

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AT THE SCALE-MANUFACTURERS' convention, people often wanted to weigh themselves on different scales to see if they agreed. Some visitors abstained, however, not wishing to advertise their weight. A smooth-talking representative coaxed a woman onto his scale by promising her that he would not look and that she could even cover the digital display so only she could see her weight. She finally stood on the scale, whereupon a loud, mechanical voice from within the machine announced: "One hundred and sixty- three." -- Contributed to Reader's Digest "All In a Day's Work" by Stanton

-- SAR01 (rauch01@yahoo.com), March 01, 2001.

At least it didn't start screaming "Get off!!! Get Off!!!"

-- Carl (csilly@goentre.com), March 01, 2001.