A Jobless man applied for the position of "office boy" at Microsoft. The HR manager interviewed him then watched him cleaning the floor as a test.
一个失业的人去微软申请办公室文员的职位，人事经理面试他，并且看着他打扫地板，作为测试。
?"You are employed" he said, " Give me your e-mail address and I"ll send you the application to fill in, as well as date when you may start."
“你被录用了。”人事经理说：“给我你的邮箱地址，我会把申请表发给你填，发给你的同时也意味着你开始上班。”
The man replied :"But I don"t have a computer, neither an email."
?这个人回答说：“但我既没有电脑，也没有邮箱。”
"I"m sorry", said the HR manager:" If you don"t have an email, that means you do not exist. And who doesn"t exist, cannot have the job.""
“我很抱歉”，人事经理说：“如果你没有邮箱，那就意味着你不能生存，一个不能生存的人当然不能有工作。”
The man left with no hope at all. He didn"t know what to do, with only ten dollars in his pocket. He then decided to go to the supermarket and buy a 10Kg tomato crate.
这个人不抱希望的离开了，他不知道要做什么，口袋里只有10美元，他决定去超市买了10公斤西红柿。
He then sold the tomatoes in a door to door round. In less than two hours, he succeeded to double his capital. He repeated the operation three times, and returned home with sixty dollars.
接着他在附近门挨着门卖西红柿，不到两小时，他成功的将他的资金翻了一倍，他又做了3个小时，到回家时身上已经有60块钱了。
The man realized that he can survive by this way, and started to go everyday earlier, and return late. Thus, his money doubled or tripled everyday.
这个人认识到他可以用这种方式生存，以后他每天起的很早，回家的很晚，因此，他的钱每天都翻两三倍。
Shortly, he bought a cart, then a truck, and then he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles.
很短的时间里，他买了个手推车，然后卡车，接着他有了自己的运输车队。
5 years later, the man is one of the biggest food retailers in the US.
5年以后，他成了美国最大的食品零售商.......
He started to plan his family"s future, and decided to have a life insurance.
他开始计划他家庭的未来，就决定买人身保险。
He called an insurance broker, and chose a protection plan.
他打电话给保险经济人，然后选了一个保险。
When the conversation was concluded the broker asked him his email. The man replied:"I don"t have an email."" The broker answered curiously:"You don"t have an email, and yet have succeeded to build an empire. Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an e mail?!!" The man thought for a while and replied:""Yes, I"d be an office boy at Microsoft!"
当谈话结束后保险经济人问他的邮箱地址，他说：“我没有邮箱。”保险经济人很吃惊的说：“你没有邮箱都可以成功的建立一个帝国，你能想象如果你有邮箱的话会怎么样吗？”这个人想了一下然后回答：“是的，我会成为微软的办公室文员。”
