Reporting For Duty, Sir!

A soldier was asked to report to headquarters for an 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 computer and an adding machine.

The man, quite reluctant to become a 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 8:00 tomorrow."

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

The sergeant grinned. "That’s not necessary,” he replied:

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"You passed the test when you sat down at the computer instead of the adding machine."

 

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