“Guilty! Five years or fifty thousand dollars!”
“I’ll take the fifty thousand dollars. Thanks, Judge!”
Some of you might like to know what the supervisor is really saying in all those glowing employee work performance evaluations s/he keeps cranking out.
Dictionary of Evaluation Comments:
ACTIVE SOCIALLY: Drinks heavily.
A KEEN ANALYST: Thoroughly confused.
ALERT TO COMPANY DEVELOPMENTS: An office gossip.
APPROACHES DIFFICULT PROBLEMS WITH LOGIC: Finds someone else to do the job.
AVERAGE: Not too bright.
CHARACTER ABOVE REPROACH: Still one step ahead of the law.
COMPETENT: Still able to get work done if supervisor helps.
CONSCIENTIOUS AND CAREFUL: Scared.
CONSULTS WITH SUPERVISOR OFTEN: Annoying.
DEMONSTRATES QUALITIES OF LEADERSHIP: Has a loud voice.
DESERVES PROMOTION: Create new title to make him or her feel appreciated.
ENJOYS JOB: Needs more to do.
EXCEPTIONALLY WELL QUALIFIED: Has committed no major blunders to date.
EXPRESSES SELF WELL: Can string two sentences together.
HAPPY: Overpaid.
INDIFFERENT TO INSTRUCTION: Knows more than superiors.
IS UNUSUALLY LOYAL: Wanted by no-one else.
JUDGEMENT IS USUALLY SOUND: Lucky.
KEEN SENSE OF HUMOR: Knows lots of dirty jokes.
MAINTAINS PROFESSIONAL ATTITUDE: A snob.
METICULOUS IN ATTENTION TO DETAIL: A nitpicker.
NOT A DESK PERSON: Did not go to college.
OF GREAT VALUE TO THE ORGANIZATION: Turns in work on time.
QUICK THINKING: Offers plausible excuses for errors.
SLIGHTLY BELOW AVERAGE: Stupid.
SPENDS EXTRA HOURS ON THE JOB: Miserable home life.
STERN DISCIPLINARIAN: A real jerk.
STRONG ADHERENCE TO PRINCIPLES: Stubborn.
TACTFUL IN DEALING WITH SUPERIORS: Knows when to keep mouth shut.
TAKES ADVANTAGE OF EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO PROGRESS: Buys drinks for superiors.
UNLIMITED POTENTIAL: Will stick with us until retirement.
USES RESOURCES WELL: Delegates everything.
VERY CREATIVE: Finds 22 reasons to do anything except original work.
ZEALOUS ATTITUDE: Opinionated.
TAKES PRIDE IN WORK: Conceited.
REQUIRES WORK-VALUE ATTITUDINAL READJUSTMENT: Lazy and hard-headed.
HARD WORKER: Usually does it the hard way.
“And this over here” croaked the 90 year old museum tour guide, “is a fossil 4 million and 69 years old, on it’s left you can see another fossil that’s 2 million and 69 years old.”
“Wow! That’s really fascinating,” said a fellow in the audience, “how can you age it so accurately to the year?”
“Well that’s simple” answered the old chap, “It was two million years old when I started working here 69 years ago.”