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AS THE DEADLINE for a major project drew near at our publishing firm, both our facsimile machines were put to the test. Secretaries were sending and receiving messages, making last-minute corrections and additions. One young assistant, holding a handful of new instructions to be distributed to various departments, asked the office manager, “Whatever did we do before fax machines?”

A man of few words, the manager replied, “We did things on time.”

–Contributed to “All In a Day’s Work” by C. Richard Cotton

This was emailed to me and I thought it made a good point:

AS THE DEADLINE for a major project drew near at our publishing firm, both our facsimile machines were put to the test. Secretaries were sending and receiving messages, making last-minute corrections and additions. One young assistant, holding a handful of new instructions to be distributed to various departments, asked the office manager, “Whatever did we do before fax machines?”

A man of few words, the manager replied, “We did things on time.”

–Contributed to “All In a Day’s Work” by C. Richard Cotton

For many years Ben Stein has written a biweekly column for the online web
site called “Monday Night At Morton’s.” (Morton’s is a famous chain of
Steakhouses known to be frequented by movie stars and famous people from
around the globe)

Now, Ben is terminating the column to move on to other things in his life.
Reading his final column is worth a few minutes of your time because it
praises the most unselfish among us and portrays a valuable lesson learned
in his life. (more…)