The Giant Orange Head
I have heard a few jokes in my time with the Government that have been directed very poignantly at some of the problems that the supervisors and management deal with on a daily basis. One of my favorites is
“The Giant Orange Head”
A man goes to work on Monday morning and walks by his friend’s office. He looks in at his friend and is startled to see his friend with a head that looks like a 3 foot giant orange with a face on it. He franticly asks his friend what in the world happened. His friend replied, “Its kind of an interesting story. I was walking along the beach Saturday morning and saw a bottle lying in the sand. I picked up the bottle and rubbed some of the sand off of it an out popped a genie”. The genie said “Thank you for releasing me from that bottle, for your kindness I will grant you three wishes.” I said “Sweet, My first wish is to be rich, I don’t ever want to have to work again”, “done” said the genie. The genie then asked what I want for my second wish. I thought about it for a minute and said, “I wish for the most beautiful and loving wife in the world. She must be beautiful inside as well as outside and love me without question”, “done” said the genie. The genie asked me for my third wish and here is where I think I went wrong… “I wished for a giant orange head…..” (Kroon, 2007)
There a few questions that a person might pose in hearing this joke.
1. Why would he wish for a giant orange head?
2. Why would he believe that it is in his best interest to have a giant orange head?
3. He knew from past experience that he was going to get what he asked for so how could he have possibly believed that it would turn out well?
I work with people that ask the genie for a giant orange head every day. People make decisions based on erronious judgement or information and make no effort to correct the decision.
For those people you could ask the same questions that were asked of the man who wished for the giant orange head.
1. Why would you make that decision knowing that you are not fully informed?
2. How could you believe that it is in your best interest?
3. You know from past experience how these kinds of things are dealt with, so how could you have possibly believed that it would turn out well?
I know that it is important to be caring and understanding with people who may have extenuating circumstances. I just find myself wanting to ask the people that do this continually if they are really sure that they want a giant orange head.
“The Giant Orange Head”
A man goes to work on Monday morning and walks by his friend’s office. He looks in at his friend and is startled to see his friend with a head that looks like a 3 foot giant orange with a face on it. He franticly asks his friend what in the world happened. His friend replied, “Its kind of an interesting story. I was walking along the beach Saturday morning and saw a bottle lying in the sand. I picked up the bottle and rubbed some of the sand off of it an out popped a genie”. The genie said “Thank you for releasing me from that bottle, for your kindness I will grant you three wishes.” I said “Sweet, My first wish is to be rich, I don’t ever want to have to work again”, “done” said the genie. The genie then asked what I want for my second wish. I thought about it for a minute and said, “I wish for the most beautiful and loving wife in the world. She must be beautiful inside as well as outside and love me without question”, “done” said the genie. The genie asked me for my third wish and here is where I think I went wrong… “I wished for a giant orange head…..” (Kroon, 2007)
There a few questions that a person might pose in hearing this joke.
1. Why would he wish for a giant orange head?
2. Why would he believe that it is in his best interest to have a giant orange head?
3. He knew from past experience that he was going to get what he asked for so how could he have possibly believed that it would turn out well?
I work with people that ask the genie for a giant orange head every day. People make decisions based on erronious judgement or information and make no effort to correct the decision.
For those people you could ask the same questions that were asked of the man who wished for the giant orange head.
1. Why would you make that decision knowing that you are not fully informed?
2. How could you believe that it is in your best interest?
3. You know from past experience how these kinds of things are dealt with, so how could you have possibly believed that it would turn out well?
I know that it is important to be caring and understanding with people who may have extenuating circumstances. I just find myself wanting to ask the people that do this continually if they are really sure that they want a giant orange head.
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