There was a man who was in a horrible accident and was injured.
But the only permanent damage he suffered from the accident was
the amputation of both of his ears. As a result of this unusual
handicap, he was very self-conscious about having no ears.
Because of the accident, he received a large sum of money from
the insurance company. It was always his dream to own his own
business, so he decided he now had the means to own a business.
He went out and purchased a small but expanding computer firm.
However, he realized that he had no business knowledge at all, so
he decided that he would have to hire someone to run the
business. He picked out three top candidates and interviewed each
of them. The first interview went really well. He liked the man
quite a bit.
His last question for this candidate was, “Do you notice anything
unusual about me?”
The guy said, “Now that you mention it, you have no ears.” The
man became very upset and threw the guy out of the office.
The second interview went even better than the first. This
candidate was much better. Again, to conclude the interview, the
man asked the same question again, “Do you notice anything
unusual about me?”
This guy also noticed, “Yes, you have no ears.” The man became
very distraught, and threw the second candidate out of the
office.
Then he had the third interview. The third candidate was even
better than the second – the best out of all of them. Almost
certain that he wanted to hire this candidate, the man once again
asked, “Do you notice anything unusual about me?”
The candidate replied “Yes, as a matter of fact I do. You’re
wearing contact lenses.”
Surprised, the asked, “Wow! That’s quite perceptive of you! How
could you tell?”