In a test to establish who was the most worthy to act as
his accountant, an entrepreneur asked four candidates for their answer to an
easy question: "What's one plus one?"
The first accountant rushed to give the answer "2" and was eliminated.
The second accountant tried to be clever by offering a mathematical approach and was also dismissed. The entrepreneur wasn't interested in hearing about number bases and that "In binary 1+1 = 10 which looks like a ten".
The next accountant tried a different approach and replied by asking the entrepreneur a question. "Are you buying or selling?" He then explained that if he was buying, the answer was 2. If he was selling it was one, one - ie: eleven.
The entrepreneur was impressed but decided to give the last applicant a chance. He was sure would win over the entrepreneur. He went over to the windows and
drew the curtains. He then went over to the door, locked and tested it,
and went right up to the entrepreneur. Looking him squarely in the eye he said: "What would you like it to
be?"
He was hired.
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