A psychologist is running a screening test for a company that wants to hire new employees. The first applicant steps in:
"Count to ten, please," says the psychologist.
"Ten, nine, either, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one."
"What's up with that way of counting?"
"Oops, sorry! I'm used to counting backwards because of my old job. I worked at NASA."
Another applicant steps in:
"Count to ten."
"One, three, five, seven, nine, ten, eight, six, four, two."
"But... why do you count like that?"
"Sorry, I used to be a mailman, and would first go through houses on odd street numbers, then the even ones."
The psychologist, close to having a nervous breakdown at this point, asks the third applicant to come in.
"Before we begin, please tell me... what's your previous job?"
"I'm actually a college student."
"Oh, excellent. You should have no problem with the following request. Would you count to ten?"
"Sure! One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, jack, queen and king."
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