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Riddle on management


THERE WERE FOUR PEOPLE CALLED EVERYBODY,

SOMEBODY, ANYBODY AND NOBODY. THERE WAS AN

IMPORTANT JOB TO BE DONE, SO THEY GOT TOGETHER AND

DECIDED THAT EVERYBODY HAD TO DO IT. THAT WAS FINE,

BECAUSE EVERYBODY WAS SURE THAT SOMEBODY WOULD

GET IT DONE. THEY ALL KNEW THAT ANYBODY COULD HAVE

DONE IT - BUT NOBODY DID IT. WELL SOMEBODY GOT

ANGRY ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE IT WAS QUITE CLEAR THAT IT

WAS EVERYBODY'S JOB. EVERYBODY THOUGHT THAT ANYBODY

COULD DO IT BUT THERE WASN'T ANYBODY WHO REALISED

THAT ACTUALLY WOULD DO IT. IT ENDED UP THAT EVERYBODY

STARTED TO BLAIM SOMEBODY WHEN NOBODY DID

WHAT ANYBODY COULD HAVE DONE. AND TO MAKE

MATTERS WORSE, NEXT TIME THEY MET THEY ALL SENT

DEPUTIES; SO ALTHOUGH EVERYBODY WAS SOMEBODY,

NOBODY KNEW WHO ANYBODY WAS.

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