If the fire alarm goes off, stay where you are.
A story from Singapore
A fire alarm rang at 4 PM when almost all employees are in the office (approx 5000).
As usual the entire office was evacuated within 3 minutes & every employee gathered outside the office. 10 minutes passed ... 5 more minutes passed.
Then the CEO made this Announcement:
Dear Employees - With melting heart I am making this announcement that for many of you it will be a last evacuation drill.
Due to the recession we are laying off almost 50% of employees.
While moving in if your ID card does not work, then you are among those laid off and all your belongings will be couriered to you tomorrow.
We followed this approach as we didn't want to fill email boxes with layoff mails and goodbye mails in thousands & also to avoid any fights inside the office.
Hope you have nice career ahead. Please move back inside & try your luck.
And from the USA:
A BOTTLE OF WINE----A TOUCHING STORY ALL WOMEN WILL ADORE
For all of us who are married, were married, wish you were married, or
wish you weren't married, this is something to smile about
the next time you see a bottle of wine:
Sally was driving home from one of her business trips in
Northern Arizona when she saw an elderly Navajo woman
walking on the side of the road.
As the trip was a long and quiet one, she stopped the car
and asked the Navajo woman if she would like a ride.
With a silent nod of thanks, the woman got into the car.
Resuming the journey, Sally tried in vain to make a bit of small
talk with the Navajo woman. The old woman just sat silently,
looking intently at everything she saw, studying every little
detail, until she noticed a brown bag on the seat next to Sally.
'What in bag?' asked the old woman .
Sally looked down at the brown bag and said, 'It's a bottle
of wine. I got it for my husband.'
The Navajo woman was silent for another moment or two.
Then speaking with the quiet wisdom of an elder, she said:
'Good trade.....