by Alec Muffett
…came from an ex-colleague of mine who reads this blog and may a) fess up and b) correct me if I get it a little wrong.
Scene: A Global IT Architecture Team, two senior architects discussing between themselves the miserliness of their divisional head:
“…you do realise that what we’ve got here is a Jew telling
a Dutchman that a Scot is tight-fisted?”
It was a Dutchman telling a Jew that a Scotsman is cheap.
I’m the Jew. I was just starting a position reporting to a Scotsman. I was talking to a Dutchman who had worked for the Scotsman before. I asked what kind of boss the Scotsman was, and the Dutchman told me that he was a good boss, but a little tight with the budget.
That’s when I made the comment.
I re-capped this joke at a team meeting when the Scotsman was introducing his management team to *his* boss (an EVP). I was the last to introduce myself and then the dialogue was something like this:
Me: For those of you keeping track, we’ve got a Jew and Dutchman reporting to a Scotsman, so, [EVP], you can be sure we’re watching the budget
Scottish boss: Yeah, I hired you guys so I would look generous.
I’m sure I’ll pay for this somehow.
Wholesale, of course, not retail. : – )
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