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The Three Envelopes required for your IT Job:
A few years ago I was hired to replace a retiring veteran in IT, and on his last day, he handed me 3 envelopes. (thus, the name of this joke).
He told me that when things got insane, crazy and I didn't know what to do, to just open only the first envelope. (the setup)
Then he predicted that after a while there would be another insane, crazy situation - then it would be time to open the 2nd envelope. Then, the same to open the 3rd envelope.
A few months down the road a situation came up and I was clueless so I opened the first envelope. It simply said, " Tell them you are still new to the position and it takes time to build your own footprint in this business but you are almost there."
I did this and to my amazement it bought me some relief from upper management.
A few months later, I again had things go off-track and opened the 2nd envelope. It simply said, " Blame everything on me. Tell them I had gotten soft in my execution and it must be the reason for my retirement." I felt bad to do this but he suggested it so I did and it worked amazingly well.
Finally a good bit of time passed and I again ran into a bind and just didn't know what to do and opened the final envelope.
I slumped in my chair as it said: "Prepare 3 envelopes."
Adapted from an old 1920's vaudeville act.
A few years ago I was hired to replace a retiring veteran in IT, and on his last day, he handed me 3 envelopes. (thus, the name of this joke).
He told me that when things got insane, crazy and I didn't know what to do, to just open only the first envelope. (the setup)
Then he predicted that after a while there would be another insane, crazy situation - then it would be time to open the 2nd envelope. Then, the same to open the 3rd envelope.
A few months down the road a situation came up and I was clueless so I opened the first envelope. It simply said, " Tell them you are still new to the position and it takes time to build your own footprint in this business but you are almost there."
I did this and to my amazement it bought me some relief from upper management.
A few months later, I again had things go off-track and opened the 2nd envelope. It simply said, " Blame everything on me. Tell them I had gotten soft in my execution and it must be the reason for my retirement." I felt bad to do this but he suggested it so I did and it worked amazingly well.
Finally a good bit of time passed and I again ran into a bind and just didn't know what to do and opened the final envelope.
I slumped in my chair as it said: "Prepare 3 envelopes."
Adapted from an old 1920's vaudeville act.