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Old August 2nd, 2005 #12
DJ_Zarathustra
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Diversity: It works. And nowhere does it work better than in the workplace. American managers have known this for years.

Nothing endears a boss to his or her multicultural workforce like a good blonde joke. So here’s a few gems from the “At Work” chapter of my book.



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A blonde engineer at an aerospace consulting firm was asked to design a cost-effective wind tunnel. He produced a drawing of 20 Mexicans standing ear-to-ear.

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Heidi (an ash blonde), Christine (a strawberry blonde), and Consuela (a brunette) were
all candidates for a geography textbook editing job. The manager conducting the interviews enjoyed ending them with a joking question about state capitols.

At the end of Heidi’s interview, the manager asked, “What is the capitol of Delaware?”
Heidi confidently replied, “Dover.”

At the end of Christine’s interview, the manager asked, “What is the capitol of North Dakota?”
Christine confidently replied, “Bismarck.”

At the end of Consuela’s interview, the manager asked, “What is the capitol of
Washington?”
Consuela confidently replied, “ ‘W’ “.

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A diversity-conscious company promoted a blonde woman to a supervisory position. After about two weeks in her new job, the company’s vice-president noticed that her black subordinates were not taking their alloted 15-minute breaks. Suspicious, he approached the blonde supervisor and said, “Ms. Olssen, I’ve noticed that the black employees in your department seem to be working right through their breaks. Why is that?”

“Because”, she said, “It was taking too long to re-train them.”

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Q. Why did the blonde executive always give his black secretary a ride to work?

A. So he could park in the handicap zone.