Sadly, Dave was born without ears, and though he
proved to be successful in business, his problem
annoyed him greatly. One day he needed to hire a new
manager for his company, so he set up three
interviews.
The first guy was great. He knew everything he needed
to know and was very interesting. But at the end of
the interview, Dave asked him, "Do you notice anything different about
me?"
"Why, yes, I couldn't help but notice that you have
no ears," came the reply. Dave did not appreciate his
candor and threw him out of the office.
The second interview was with a woman, and she was
even better than the first guy. But he asked her the
same question: "Do you notice anything different
about me?"
"Well," she said stammering, "you have no ears."
Dave again got upset and chucked her out in a rage.
The third and final interviewee was the best of the
bunch, he was a young man who had recently earned his
MBA. He was smart. He was handsome, and he seemed to
be a better businessman than the first two put
together.
Dave was anxious, but went ahead and asked the young
man the same question: "Do you notice anything
different about me?"
Much to his surprise, the young man answered, "Yes,
you wear contact lenses, don't you?" Dave was shocked
and realized this was an incredibly observant person.
"How in the world did you know that?", he asked. The
young man fell off his chair laughing hysterically
and replied, "Well, it's pretty hard to wear glasses
with no ears!" |
