Unemployed

Jack Johnson, unemployed, applies for a job as a janitor with Microsoft.

The manager there arranges for him to take an aptitude test in the Floor Sweeeping and Cleaning Section. After the test, the manager says, ''You will be employed at minimum wage: $ 5.15 an hour. Let me have your e-mail address, so that I can send you a form to complete.''

Jack answer that he has neither a computer nor an e-mail address.

To this, The MS manager replies, ''Well, then that means you virtually don't exist and can, therefore, hardly expect to be employed.''

Stnned, Jack leaves. Not knowing what to do and having only $ 10 in his wallet, he decides to buy a box of tomatoes at the supermarket. Within less than two hours, he sells all the tomatoes individually at 100% profit. Repeating the process several times more that day, he ends up with almost $ 100 before going to sleep that night.

And thus he thinks he had better make a living selling tomatoes. Getting up early every day and going to bed late, he multiplies his profits quickly. After a short time, he acquires a cart and later a pick up truck to support his expanding business. By the end of the second year, he manages a staff of 100 formely unemployed people, all selling tomatoes.

Planning for the future of his wife and children, he decides to buy some life insurance. Consulting with an insurance adviser, he chooses and insurance plan to fit his new circumstances. At the end of the telephone conversation, the adviser asks him for his e-mail address in order to send the final documents eletronically.

When Johnson replies that he has no e-mail, the adviser is stunned, ''What?! You don't have e-mail? How on Earth have you got such wealth without the Internet,e-mail, and e-commerce? Just imagine where you would be now if you had been connected to the Internet from the very start!''

The Tomato millionaire thought for a moment and replied, ''I would be a floor cleaner at Microsoft!''

Moral of the story:

1. If you don't have e-mail, but work hard, you can still became a millionaire.
2. If you have a computer and e-mail, you can apply for a job as a janitor with Microsoft.