I'm back. And this comeback post recounts a joke narrated by Vinod Dasari, COO of Ashok Leyland, at a seminar recently. Disclaimer: You might have heard this before, but I heard it for the first time and I found it a smart joke!
Here it goes: Son asks his father why he goes to work. Father uses an analogy to explain what he does. He says he's the capitalist of the family, for he brings home the money. The son's mother, the capitalist's wife, is the management. The house maid is the labour class. Management and labour together try to grow the product (which is the son, who asked the question to his father initially).
Son gets up one night to the screams of his months-old younger brother, who needs a diaper change. He tries to wake up mother but can't. His father is missing and futher investigation reveals he's harassing the maid. So, summing up, the situation is: Capitalist is harassing labour, management is fast asleep, product is ignored and the future (baby) stinks!
Hope your organisation is different!
