Getting on in life
Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2018 9:18 amA young Scots guy is sitting weeping on a bench in a railway station, a passing woman asks him what's wrong? The guy replies he's just been turned down for a job as a toilet attendant because he can't read or write.
The woman, feeling sorry for him, gives him a bag with 4 apples to cheer him up.
The young guy thanks her and eats 1 of the apples, the other 3 he sells. With the money he earns he goes to the fruit market and buys more apples to sell. He continues in this venture and in 6 months he opens a market stall selling fruit and veg, within a year he is so successful he has opened a greengrocers shop, then 2 shops, then 4, and within 5 years he has a chain of greengrocer shops all over the country.
20 years later he has the largest group of greengrocers shops and fruit markets in Europe, and is a multimillionaire.
One day he decides to buy a boat for cruising holidays, so accompanied by his beautiful young personal assistant he visits the London Boat Show. He sees a large cabin cruiser he likes and after looking it over decides to buy it for £2.5million.
Along with his young PA he goes into the office with the salesman to do the deal, salesman sorts out the paperwork and asks how he's paying for the boat, the guys PA puts a briefcase on the table, and says the money is in the case, after counting it the salesman asks the guy to read the contract and sign it if he's happy with it.
The guy gives the contract to his PA, she reads it and nods her head, so he puts 2xs where it should be signed, and his PA writes his name beside them, explaining that he is illiterate.
"Wow," says the salesman, "you’re the biggest greengrocer in Europe and a multimillionaire, and you can't read or write, what could you have been if you could read and write?"
The guy replied,
The woman, feeling sorry for him, gives him a bag with 4 apples to cheer him up.
The young guy thanks her and eats 1 of the apples, the other 3 he sells. With the money he earns he goes to the fruit market and buys more apples to sell. He continues in this venture and in 6 months he opens a market stall selling fruit and veg, within a year he is so successful he has opened a greengrocers shop, then 2 shops, then 4, and within 5 years he has a chain of greengrocer shops all over the country.
20 years later he has the largest group of greengrocers shops and fruit markets in Europe, and is a multimillionaire.
One day he decides to buy a boat for cruising holidays, so accompanied by his beautiful young personal assistant he visits the London Boat Show. He sees a large cabin cruiser he likes and after looking it over decides to buy it for £2.5million.
Along with his young PA he goes into the office with the salesman to do the deal, salesman sorts out the paperwork and asks how he's paying for the boat, the guys PA puts a briefcase on the table, and says the money is in the case, after counting it the salesman asks the guy to read the contract and sign it if he's happy with it.
The guy gives the contract to his PA, she reads it and nods her head, so he puts 2xs where it should be signed, and his PA writes his name beside them, explaining that he is illiterate.
"Wow," says the salesman, "you’re the biggest greengrocer in Europe and a multimillionaire, and you can't read or write, what could you have been if you could read and write?"
The guy replied,
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