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Re: Tomatoes or Technology?
WOW!! :o
Really an eye opener!! Thanks for sharing!!! > I got the following message as a forwarded > email. Its more fun to read in an email (you > will see why) - but had to share it with you > guys... > ---- > An unemployed man is desperate to support > his > family. His wife watches TV all day and his > three > teenage kids have dropped out of high school > to > hang around with the local toughs. He > applies for > a janitor's job at a large firm and easily > passes > an aptitude test. > The human resources manager tells him, > "You will > be hired at minimum wage of $5.15 an hour. > Let me > have your e-mail address so that we can get > you in > the loop. Our system will automatically > e-mail you > all the forms and advise you when to start > and > where to report on your first day." > Taken back, the man protests that he is poor > and > has neither a computer nor an e-mail > address. > To this the manager replies, "You must > understand > that to a company like ours that means that > you > virtually do not exist. Without an e-mail > address > you can hardly expect to be employed by a > high-tech firm. Good day." > Stunned, the man leaves. Not knowing where > to turn > and having $10 in his wallet, he walks past > a > farmers' market and sees a stand selling > 25lb > crates of beautiful red tomatoes. He buys a > crate, > carries it to a busy corner and displays the > tomatoes. In less than 2 hours he sells all > the > tomatoes and makes 100% profit. Repeating > the > process several times more that day, he ends > up > with almost $100 and arrives home that night > with > several bags of groceries for his family. > During the night he decides to repeat the > tomato > business the next day. By the end of the > week he > is getting up early every day and working > into the > night. He multiplies his profits quickly. > Early in > the second week he acquires a cart to > transport > several boxes of tomatoes at a time, but > before a > month is up he sells the cart to buy a > broken-down > pickup truck. > At the end of a year he owns three old > trucks. His > two sons have left their neighbourhood gangs > to > help him with the tomato business, his wife > is > buying the tomatoes, and his daughter is > taking > night courses at the community college so > she can > keep books for him. By the end of the second > year > he has a dozen very nice used trucks and > employs > fifteen previously unemployed people, all > selling > tomatoes. He continues to work hard. Time > passes > and at the end of the fifth year he owns a > fleet > of nice trucks and a warehouse which his > wife > supervises, plus two tomato farms that the > boys > manage. > The tomato company's payroll has put > hundreds of > homeless and jobless people to work. His > daughter > reports that the business grossed a million > dollars. > Planning for the future, he decides to buy > some > life insurance. Consulting with an insurance > adviser, he picks an insurance plan to fit > his new > circumstances. Then the adviser asks him for > his > e-mail address in order to send the final > documents electronically. > When the man replies that he doesn't have > time to > mess with a computer and has no e-mail > address, > the insurance man is stunned, "What, > you don't > have e-mail? No computer? No Internet? Just > think > where you would be today if you'd had all of > that > five years ago!" > "Ha!" snorts the man. "If I'd > had e-mail five > years ago I would be sweeping floors at > Microsoft > and making $5.15 an hour." > Which brings us to the moral: > Since you got this story by email, you're > probably closer to being a janitor than a > millionaire. > Sadly, I received it also Why not learn from the millionaires instead! |
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