An unemployed woman, desperate for work, went into a toy factory. The personnel manager told that all he had was a very low skill job on the Tickle Me Elmo line. The woman happily accepted, he took her down to her new post, explained the job, and told her to report for work the next day at 8am.
The next day at 9am the production manager came charging into the personnel manager's office and said that production had groud to a halt and demanded that the personnel manager accompany him to the line to have a look.
The two men arrived at the Tickle Me Elmo line and, sure enough, work had piled up at the new woman's station. She had a big roll of the fabric that Elmo was made out of and a bag of marbles. They watched as she cut a little piece of fabric and wrapped it around two marbles, and sewed them in between Elmo's legs.
The personnel manager burst out laughing. When he regained his composure he walked up to the woman and said:
"I'm sorry, I should have been more clear when I explained your job to you yesterday. What I wanted you to do was to give Elmo two 'test tickles'."
The next day at 9am the production manager came charging into the personnel manager's office and said that production had groud to a halt and demanded that the personnel manager accompany him to the line to have a look.
The two men arrived at the Tickle Me Elmo line and, sure enough, work had piled up at the new woman's station. She had a big roll of the fabric that Elmo was made out of and a bag of marbles. They watched as she cut a little piece of fabric and wrapped it around two marbles, and sewed them in between Elmo's legs.
The personnel manager burst out laughing. When he regained his composure he walked up to the woman and said:
"I'm sorry, I should have been more clear when I explained your job to you yesterday. What I wanted you to do was to give Elmo two 'test tickles'."
