Mary and Sue are two girls at work, Mary came up to me the other day whingin that Sue was lazy and buck useless at working on the bar floor. I drew it to Mary's attention that Sue was collecting about 3 times the amount of tips she did. Then I gave her a quick lesson in working hard and working smart.
Working Hard
Mary works hard, she flies about the floor collecting glasses and taking plenty orders for the bar. This is great for the owner of the bar because it means more money for him
Working Smart
Sue takes her time around the floor of the bar. She'll flutter her eyes at the boyos and melt their hearts, she'll also make friends with the girls and become their best friends for the night. After creating this bond with the customers they feel more obliged to tip her when they ask for a drink. (By the way it's not compulsory to tip in Ireland). So by the end of the night Sue has made about 30 euro in tips and hardly broken a sweat when Mary is fit for the knacker's yard.
This is the same no matter what we do in life. If you can get someone else to do your work while taking the credit for it, do it, and in no time at all you'll be made management while the poor workhorse below has a nervous breakdown from overwork. As an act of kindness you can give him a lift to the mental hospital in your mercedes, because it'd be too bad to let him walk. Be sure he keeps his blackberry on though because now he has time to think and give a clear and thoughtful report which is due on Friday.
If anyone reading this ever thinks about working for me, don't even dream of working smart, work hard, there's only room for one of us.
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