A fellow stopped at a rural gas station, filled his tank,
and took a break by his car while drinking a soda. As he
relaxed, he watch a couple of men working along the
roadside. One man would dig a hole two or three feet deep
and then move on. The other man came along behind him by
about 25 feet and filled in the hole. The men worked right
past the fellow with the soft drink and went on down the
road. Overcome by curiousity, the fellow headed for the
first man. “Hey there,” he said to the men. “Can you tell
me what’s going on here with this digging?”
"We work for the county government, " one of the men said.
“But one of you is digging a hole and the other is filling
it up. Isn’t that a waste of the county’s money?”
“Well,” one of the men replied, “normally there’s three of
us - me, Rodney, and Mike. I dig the hole, Rodney sticks in
the tree, and Mike here puts the dirt back.”
“Yeah,” Mike added. “Just because Rodney’s sick, that don’t
mean we can’t work, does it?”
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