Clerk-Typist

A soldier was asked to report to headquarters for assignment. The
sergeant said: "We have a critical shortage of typists. I'll give you
a little test. Type this," he ordered, giving him a pamphlet to copy
and a sheet of paper, and pointing to a desk across the room that
held a typewriter and an adding machine.

The soldier, quite reluctant to become a clerk-typist, made a point
of typing very slowly, and saw to it that his work contained as many
errors as possible.

The sergeant gave the typed copy only a brief glance.

"That's fine," he said. "Report for work at 0800 tomorrow."

"But aren't you going to check the test?" the prospective clerk asked.

The sergeant grinned. "You passed the test," he replied, "when you
sat down at the typewriter instead of at the adding machine."

----------- Today's saying or thought -------------------------

If you haven't grown up by age 60, you don't have to.

At a computer factory that I worked at, circa 1966, there was a joke.

The company hired wiring persons by plugging in a soldering iron in and allowing it to heat up. Then the candidate was asked to pick up the soldering iron. If the candidate could successfully pick up the soldering iron without getting third degree burns they were hired.

A typewriter ?? That doesn't add up. (lol).

Allan

Typical army, turning a foot slogger into a typist. I've a friend that went in as a male nurse and they made him a cook!!!!!!!