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How To Keep A Job, part two

How To Keep A Job, part two

Question 1:

"Walter finally decides to go to work. A job he was supposed to do first thing. Actually he was supposed to run them off [mimeographs] the evening before, but he put it off." Who should come into the shipping room to see this sorry state of affairs?

	Walter's mom, he forgot his lunch at home, and she hadn't been given a tour yet			The customer

	The boss

Question 2:

"Just before closing time, you'll find Bob getting the shipping room ready for the night. And you'll find Walter getting himself ready, so he won't be a second late punching the clock." An employer sees this as a sure sign that.....

	Punctuality is as important to the employee as the employer			Walter is an important person with many things to do, maybe we should pay him more to keep him around

	A man really isn't interested in his work

Question 3:

Who's watching you? "As long as times are good, there'll be jobs for fellows who just barely do enough to get by. But to keep a job when the going gets rough, you need to ensure your job." This is best done by which method?

	Vague threats of violence if you were ever fired			Make yourself so valuable your employer can't let you go

	Blackmail

Question 4:

When a package arrived that he had been expecting Walter took the opportunity to vent about his employer to the delivery-man. How did the visitor take the comments Walter spewed about his workplace?

	The delivery-man was with him, baby			The delivery-man was bothered that Walter would dare speak ill of his employer

	The delivery-man suggested Walter stop taking drugs while working

Question 5:

Ed: "I could see my shortcomings all over the place: dependability, initiative, cooperation and loyalty." Ed gets hired on and meets Bob in the shipping department. Ed asks about Bob's brother, Walter. What does Bob say about him?

	He just died of cancer, AIDS, Parkinson's, malaria, fungal infection, ringworm, and assorted STD's. Thanks for bringing it up			I have no brother anymore, he's dead to me

	My brother?