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< Subject: FW: Millionaire
< < < < < < < < < < < < < The Moral of the Story < < < < < < An unemployed man goes to apply for a job with Microsoft as a < < < janitor. < < < The manager there arranges for him to take an aptitude test < < < (Section: Floors, sweeping and cleaning). < < < < < < After the test, the manager says, "You will be employed at minimum < < < wage, $5.15 an hour. Let me have your e-mail address, so that I can < < < send you a form to complete and tell you where to report for work on < < < your first day. < < < < < < Taken aback, the man protests that he has neither a computer nor < < < an e-mail address. To this the MS manager replies, "Well, then, that < < < means that you virtually don't exist and can therefore hardly expect < < < to be employed. < < < < < < Stunned, the man leaves. Not knowing where to turn and having only < < < $10 in his wallet, he decides to buy a 25 lb flat of tomatoes at the < < < supermarket. Within less than 2 hours, he sells all the tomatoes < < < individually at 100% profit. Repeating the process several times < < < more that day, he ends up with almost $100 before going to sleep < < < that night. And thus it dawns on him that he could quite easily < < < make a living selling tomatoes. Getting up early every day and < < < going to bed late, he multiplies his profits quickly. < < < After a short time he acquires a cart to transport several dozen < < < boxes of tomatoes, only to have to trade it in again so that he can < < < buy a pick-up truck to support his expanding business. By the end < < < of the second year, he is the owner of a fleet of pick-up trucks and < < < manages a staff of a hundred former unemployed people, all < < < selling tomatoes. < < < < < < Planning for the future of his wife and children, he decides to buy < < < some life insurance. Consulting with an insurance adviser, he < < < picks an insurance plan to fit his new circumstances. At the end < < < of the telephone conversation, the adviser asks him for his e-mail < < < address in order to send the final documents electronically. < < < < < < When the man replies that he has no e-mail, the adviser is stunned, < < < "What, you don't have e-mail? How on earth have you managed to < < < amass such wealth without the Internet, e-mail and e-commerce? < < < Just imagine where you would be now, if you had been connected < < < to the internet from the very start!" < < < < < < After a moment of thought, the tomato millionaire replied, "Why, < < < of course! I would be a floor cleaner at Microsoft!" < < < < < < Moral of this story: < < < 1. The Internet, e-mail and e-commerce do not need to rule your life. < < < < < < 2. If you don't have e-mail, but work hard, you can still become a < < < millionaire. < < < < < < 3. Seeing that you got this story via e-mail, you're probably closer < < < to becoming a janitor than you are to becoming a millionaire. < < < < < < 4. If you do have a computer and e-mail, you have already been < < < taken to the cleaners by Microsoft . < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < <
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