Management Lessons- Part II

CASE 4:
The boy rode on the donkey and the old man walked.As they went along, they passed some people who remarked "it was a shamethe old man was walking and the boy was riding".The man and boy thought maybe the critics were right, so they changedpositions.Later, they passed some people that remarked, "What a shame, he makes thatlittle boy walk."They decide d they both would walk!Soon they passed some more people who thought they were stupid to walkwhen they had a decent donkey to ride.So the both rode the donkey! Now they passed some people that shamed themby saying "how awful to put such a load on a poor donkey".The boy and man said they were probably right so they decided to carry thedonkey.As they crossed a bridge, they lost their grip on the animal and he fellinto the river and drowned.
Management Learning:
If you try to please everyone, you will eventually lose your ass

CASE 5:
Once PVNR (PV Narasimha Rao), L.K.Advani and Laloo Prasad Yadav weretravelling in an autorickshaw.They met with an accident and all three of them died. Yama was waiting forthis moment at the doorstep of death.He asks PVNR and Advani to go to HEAVEN. But, for Laloo, Yama had alreadydecided that he should be sent to HELL.Laloo is not at all happy with this decision. He asks Yama as to why thisdiscrimination is being made.All the three of them had served the public.Similarly, all took bribes, all misused public positions, etc. Then whythe differential treatment?He felt that there should be a formal test or an objective evaluationbefore a decision is made; and should not be just based on opinion or preconceived notions.Yama agrees to this and asks all the three of them to appear for anEnglish test.PVNR is asked to spell "INDIA" and he does it correctly.Advani is asked to spell "ENGLAND" and he too passes.It is Laloo's turn and he is asked to spell "CZECHOSLOVAKIA".Laloo protests that he doesn't know English. He says this is not fair andhat he was given a tough question and thus forced to fail with falseintent.Yama then agrees to conduct a written test in Hindi (to give anotherchance assuming that Laloo should at least feel that Hindi would provideanequal platform for all three).PVNR is asked to write "KUTTA BOLA BHOW BHOW". He writes it easily andpasses.Advani is asked to write "BILLY BOLI MYAUN MYAUN". He too passes.Laloo is asked to write "BANDAR BOLA GURRRRRR....."Tough one. He fails again. Laloo is extremely unhappy.Having been a student of history (which the other two weren't), he nowrequested for all the 3 to be subjected to a test in history.Yama says 'OK', but this would be the last chance and that he would nottake any more tests.PVNR is asked: "When did India get Independence?".He replied "1947" and passed.Advani is asked "How many people died during the independence struggle?".He gets nervous. Yama asked him to choose from 3 options: 100,000 or200,000 or 300,000.Advani catches it and says 200,000 and passes.It's Laloo's turn now. Yama asks him to give the Name and Address of eachof the 200,000 who died in the struggle.Laloo accepts defeat and agrees to go to HELL.
Management Lesson:"IF YOUR MANAGEMENT HAS DECIDED TO SCREW YOU, THERE IS JUST NO ESCAPE"

CASE 6 :
The secret is finally revealed:On the first day God created the cow.God said, "You must go to field with the farmer all day long and sufferunder the sun, have calves and give milk to support the farmer. I will giveyou a life span of sixty years."The cow said, "That's a kind of a tough life you want me to live for sixtyyears. Let me have twenty years and I'll give back the other forty."And God agreed.On the second day, God created the dog.God said, "Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone whocomes in or walks past. I will give you a life span of twenty years."The dog said, "That's too long to be barking. Give me ten years and I'llgive back the other ten."So God agreed (sigh).
On the third day God created the monkey.God said, "Entertain people, do monkey tricks, make them laugh. I'll giveyou a twenty year life span."Monkey said, "How boring, monkey tricks for twenty years? I don't think so.Dog gave you back ten, so that's what I'll do too, okay?"And God agreed again.
On the fourth day God created man.God said, "Eat, sleep, play, enjoy. Do nothing, just enjoy, enjoy.I'll give you twenty years."Man said, "What? Only twenty years? No way, man. Tell you what, I'll takemy twenty, and the forty cow gave back, and the ten dog gave back and theten monkey gave back. That makes eighty, okay?""Okay," said God. "You've got a deal."
Management Lesson:So that is y for the first twenty years we eat, sleep, play, enjoy, anddo nothing; for the next forty years we slave in the sun to support ourfamily; for the next ten years we do monkey tricks to entertain ourgrandchildren; and for the last ten years we sit in front of the house andbark at everybody.