The Business Hierarchy
From: pgut01@cs.auckland.ac.nz (Peter Gutmann)
A variant of this recently appeared in
rec.humour.funny, although I've seen other versions floating
around since the early 80's...
Company President
- Leaps tall buildings in a single bound
- Is more powerful than a locomotive
- Is faster than a speeding bullet
- Walks on water
- Gives policy to God
DP Manager
- Leaps short buildings in a single bound
- Is more powerful than a switch engine
- Is just as fast as a speeding bullet
- Walks on water in calm weather
- Talks with God
Programming Manager
- Leaps short buildings with a running start
and favorable winds
- Is almost as powerful a switch engine
- Is faster than a speeding BB
- Wades through water
- Talks with God by prior appointment
Application programmer
- Barely clears a quonset hut
- Loses tug of war with a locomotive
- Can fire a speeding bullet
- Swims well
- Is occasionally addressed by God
Trainee programmer
- Walks around buildings
- Recognizes locomotives two times out of
three
- Can sometimes handle a gun without
inflicting self-injury
- Treads water
- Talks to animals
End User
- Runs into buildings
- Says "Look at the choo-choo"
- Is not issued ammunition
- Can stay afloat with a life jacket
- Mumbles to himself
Sysadmin
- Flattens tall buildings
- Kicks locomotives of their tracks
- Catches bullets in teeth and eats them
- Parts the ocean and walks across on dry land
- Is God
