How Marketing Works!

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    An interoffice football game was held every year between the company's marketing and support staff.

    The support staff whipped the marketing department soundly. But the marketing department showed how they earn their keep by posting this memo on the bulletin board after the game:

    "The marketing department is pleased to announce that during the 2009 football season, we came in 2nd place, having lost just one game all year. However, the support staff had a rather dismal season, as they won only one game."
  • The Pink Envelope One Sunday, in counting the money in the weekly offering, the Pastor of the Granville Christian Church found a pink envelope containing $1,000. It happened again the next week. The following Sunday...
  • Easy Money One day, two young brothers in Rome, aged 12 and 14, came home with a 20 and 50 euro note. Their mother asked them where they got all that money from. "Well, we were standing outside the...
  • Train Accident A brilliant young boy was applying for a job with the railways.
    The interviewer asked him, "Do you know how to use the equipment?"
    "Yes," the boy replied. "Then what would you do...
  • Truthful Lawyer A lawyer, who had a wife and 12 children, needed to move because his rental agreement was terminated by the owner, who wanted to reoccupy the home. When he said he had 12 children, no one would rent...
  • Impressing the Boss Jim needs a job, and has no qualms about inventing the necessary qualifications. He reasons that once he finds work, he will impress the boss so much that everything will be forgiven....
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