Know What You Ask

This is an old Classroom joke. During class, the chemistry professor was demonstrating the properties of various acids. 

"Now I'm dropping this silver coin into this glass of acid. Will it dissolve?" 

"No, Sir," a student called out.

"And why not?" the professor queried.

"Because if it would, you wouldn't have dropped it in."

If the teacher knows that silver gets dissolved in that particular liquid he will not ever drop the coin in it. 

And if we knew the value of time we would not have wasted time as we did it yesterday. Look at the available time we have. 

There are 365 days per year available for work. 

There are 52 weeks per year in which you already have two days off per week, leaving 261 days available for work. 

Since you spend 16 hours each day away from work, you have used up 170 days, leaving only 91 days available. 

You spend 30 minutes each day on coffee break that accounts for 23 days each year, leaving only 68 days available. 

With a one hour lunch break each day, you have used up another 48 days, leaving only 22 days available for work. 

You normally spend 2 days per year on sick leave. This leaves you only 20 days available for work. 

We offer 5 holidays per year, so your available working days are down to 15 days. 

We generously give you 14 days vacation per year which leaves you only one day available for work and I'll be damned if you're going to take that day off!!!

Joseph Mattappally