A manager of a large office asked a new employee to come into his office. “What’s your name?” was the first thing the manager asked.
“John,” the new guy replied.
The manager scowled. “Look, I don’t know what kind of a namby-pamby place you worked at before, but I don’t call anyone by their first name here. It breeds familiarity and that leads to a breakdown in authority,” he said.
“I refer to my employees by their last name only: Smith, Jones, Baker – that’s all. Now that we got that straight, what’s your last name?”
The new guy sighed and replied, “Darling. My last name is Darling.”
The manager said, “Okay, John, the next thing I want to tell you…”
