轉: The Tomato Story/ 西紅柿的故事

A Jobless man applied for the position of 'office boy' at Microsoft. The HR
manager interviewed him then watched him cleaning the floor as a test.
一個失業的人去微軟申請辦公室文員的職位，人事經理麵試他，並且看著他打掃地
板，作為測試。 
  'You are employed' he said.  Give me your e-mail address and I'll send you
the application to fill in, as well as date when  you may start.
‘你被錄用了’人事經理說：給我你的郵箱地址，我會把申請表發給你填，發給你的同
時也意味著你開始上班 
  The man replied 'But I don't have a computer, neither an email'.
這個人回答說：但是我沒有電腦，更沒有郵箱了 
  'I'm sorry', said the HR manager. If you don't have an email, that means
you do not exist. And who doesn't exist, cannot have the job.'
我很抱歉，人事經理說：如果你沒有郵箱，那就意味著你不能生存，一個不能生存的
人當然不能有工作。 
  The man left with no hope at all. He didn't know what to do, with only $10
in his pocket. He then decided to go to the supermarket and buy a 10Kg
tomato crate.
這個人不抱希望的離開了，他不知道要做什麽，口袋裏隻有10塊錢，他決定去超市買
了10公斤西紅柿。 
   
He then sold the tomatoes in a door to door round. In less than two hours,
he succeeded to double his capital. He repeated the operation three times,
and returned home with $60.
接著他在附近門挨著門賣西紅柿，不到兩小時，他成功的將他的資金翻了一倍，他又
做了3個小時，到回家時身上已經有60塊錢了。 
  
  The man realized that he can survive by this way, and started to go
everyday earlier, and return late. Thus, his money doubled or tripled
everyday.
這個人認識到他可以用這種方式生存，以後他每天起的很早，回家的很晚，因此，他
的錢每天都翻兩三倍。 
   
Shortly, he bought a cart, then a truck, and then he had his own fleet of
delivery vehicles.
很短的時間裏，他買了? 鍪滯瞥擔?緩罌ǔ擔?幼潘?辛俗約旱腦聳涑刀印?
   
5 years later, the man is one of the biggest food retailers in the US ..
5年以後，他成了美國最大的食品零售商....... 
   
He started to plan his family's future, and decided to have a life
insurance.
他開始計劃他家庭的未來，就決定買個人身保險 
  
He called an insurance broker, and chose a protection plan.
他打電話給保險經濟人，然後選擇一個保險 
  
When the conversation was concluded the broker asked him his email.
The man replied, 'I don't have an email.'The broker answered curiously,
'You don't have an email, and yet have succeeded to build an empire.
Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an e mail?!!'
The man thought for a while and replied, 'Yes, I'd be an office boy at Microsoft!'
當談話結束後保險經濟人問他的郵箱地址，他說：我沒有郵箱. 保險經濟人很吃驚的說：
你沒有郵箱都可以成功的建立一個帝國，你能想象如果你有郵箱的話會怎麽樣嗎？
這個人想了一下然後回答：是的，我會成為微軟的辦公室文員 
  
Moral of the story
故事寓意 
  
Moral 1 
  Internet is not the solution to your life.
網絡不是你生活的解決辦法 
 Moral 2 
  If you don't have Internet, and work hard, you can be a millionaire.
如果你沒有網絡，但是努力工作，你仍可以成為百萬富翁
 
Moral 3 
  If you received this message by email,
you are closer to being a office boy/girl,than a millionaire..........
如果你收到了這封郵件，表示你離辦公室文員很近了，而不是百萬富翁......
 
P.S - Do not forward this email back to me,
I am closing my email account & going to sell tomatoes!!!
另外，各位不要把這封郵件再回複給我，因為我已經關了郵箱去賣西紅柿了

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回複taro_g的評論:
Me too!

[taro_g]

偶也想關了郵箱去賣西紅柿了。嘻嘻。。。。