Wednesday, April 16, 2008

The Story of A Question

Disclaimer:
Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities, is entirely coincidental.

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The Chairman of the Meeting took a bite of the cake. He looked at the staff sitting by the side. "Where did you buy this cake from?" He asked.

The Director did a little jump. He quietly turned to his Deputy to ask, "Where did you buy this cake from?"

The Deputy gulped and leaned towards to his Assistant to softly query, "Where did you buy this cake from?"

The Assistant blinked and nudged his Manager. "Where did you buy this cake from?"

The Manager inhaled sharply and grabbed his Executive. "Where did you buy this cake from?"

"From Polar." The Executive whispered.

"From Polar." The Manager squeaked to the Assistant.

The Assistant updated the Deputy. "From Polar."

The Deputy's face lit up as he turned back to the Director.
"From Polar."

The Director smiled approvingly. He cleared his throat as he addressed the Chairman. "From Polar."


"Good cake." The Chairman nodded his appreciation.

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This story was henceforth known as "The Polar Parable".

18 comments:

Anonymous said...

you kidding me?!!! *guffaws*

Anonymous said...

hahahahaha! i wonder why that sounds so familiar!

Anonymous said...

ROTFL! i tell you. this is the stuff of legends. amazing isn't it?

Anonymous said...

You sure can tell a parable well.

Ally said...

haha funny!

Anonymous said...

babe! i can't quite stop laughing. on so many levels!

ShutterBug said...

dun you love it when such parables depict a simple truth ?

hehehe. thanks for the great entertainment... I was really tickled by it :D

imp said...

meteor: well. i kid you not.

yuling: hahhhhaaa! i think you'll understand that perfectly!!

cheryl: i can tell you more amazing tales.

anon@6.53pm: i try.

orientalQ: :)

queenie: many levels there indeed.

shutterbug: :))))

FML said...

*ROTFLAO*
welcome to the corporate!
Rule#1 Always let your boss have the first say.

Shu Hui 淑慧 said...

it's like 'pass the message' game, why can't the person who bought the cake just answer... 0_0

Little Miss Snooze said...

HAHAH!! I tell you, I can't say I've not been in that situation before!

At least it wasn't broken telephone! Hehe

Anonymous said...

eh. at least the message got passed in its entirety!

imp said...

findingmrlazy: heh.

shuhuiii: well, that. hmmm...heh. depends on which industry, which dept and what type of bosses you have!

lms: what a hoot aye!

gerbera: oh well. kekekek.

Cavalock said...

WTF?!? i agree with shu hui...

seriously, r they all afraid of him or something? or r they all a bunch of @$$-kissing, spineless @$%^*#%T#?

imp said...

cavalock: heheh. i think they call it 'hierarchy'.

geesmo said...

we call it the CYA strategy(Cover Your Arse) Based on the Chairman's comment, one could not tell if he liked the cake or not. So if he likes it, then it was "I" who asked to be ordered from there. If not, then it was so and so who ordered it. I told them not to order from there..... BTW, those swiss rolls on the website looks delishhhhh!

=eLaiNe= said...

hahahaha, this post really give a big smile on my face..hahahah!! i love it! and i guess, this is so familiar! hahahah =p

imp said...

geesmo: apparently the cakes from Polar are delish. but i haven't tasted them, so not sure. heh. CYA strategy works very well all around.

elaine: heh.