Accident at work.

[Keith Dean]

Tom was in a terrible accident at work.
He fell through the floor and ripped off
both of his ears. As he was permanently
disfigured, he settled for a very large sum
of money and left the company. At first he
was highly self-conscious about his disability
and he stayed at home, keeping himself
to himself. A few months later, however,
Tom decided to invest his money in a
small, but lucrative, franchise business. After weeks of negotiations he bought the
company outright. But, after signing on the
dotted line, he realized that he knew little
about running a business. He decided he
had to hire someone who could help him
out. After advertising in the local press he
received several interesting CVs and eventually
set up three interviews.
The first candidate was very promising.
He was intelligent, friendly and seemed to
know everything he needed to. As the interview
drew to a conclusion, the applicant
commented, "I couldn't help but notice,
but you don't appear to have any ears."
Tom was very disappointed by his lack of
tact and decided there and then that he
was not right for the job.
The second interviewee was a woman
and she was even better than the first. At
the end of the interview he asked her directly:
"Do you notice anything different
about me?" She replied: "Well, you have no ears."
Tom again felt slightly offended and decided
not to employ her.
The third and final interviewee was the
best of all three, a young graduate fresh out
of business school. He was very smart, he
was very easy to get along with and he
seemed to have more about him than the
first two put together.
Tom was apprehensive, but went ahead
and asked the young man the same question:
"Do you notice anything different
about me?"
To his surprise, the young man
answered: "Yes. You wear contact lenses."
Tom was shocked, and said, "What an
incredibly observant young man. How in
the world did you know that?"
The young man replied, "Well, it's obvious
really. You can't wear glasses if you
haven't got any fu##ing ears!"