Monday
Clever-intelligent: Boss has asked me to index all the files in Room A.
Clever-cunning: No kidding. Boss has asked me to do the same for the files in Room B. When's your deadline?
Clever-intelligent: This Friday.
Clever-cunning: Same here. Got any bright ideas?
Clever-intelligent: Well, yes. I've come up with a formula that will enable me to index the files in half the time a normal person would take to do the job. If I stay back for an hour after work I should be able to finish it by the deadline. I can teach you the formula if you want.
Clever-cunning: Sure.
Friday
Boss: Have you both finished your tasks?
Clever-intelligent: Yes, here you go.
Clever-cunning: Boss, I've really tried my best, you've seen me staying back after work, in fact I worked even longer hours than any of my other colleagues. I've worked through lunch, and got home just in time to sleep. And still, I couldn't finish the task. It's just too much. I need just a few more days extra and I'm confident I can complete it.
Boss: So how come the task could be completed by your colleague in time?
Clever-cunning: Well, she came up with this formula and she was kind enough to teach it to me, but you know me Boss, I'm not as clever as her and so I couldn't fully implement it.
Boss: How much more time do you need?
Clever-cunning: I think one more week.
Boss: That's too long. It was due today!
Clever-cunning: If that is the case, since Clever-Intelligent has finished her task and performed it well, perhaps she could help me out and then it can be finished by next Tuesday.
Boss: Ok.
Clever-Inellgent: Wait a minute. She gets help because she can't do her work properly, and I get penalised with more work because I can do my work properly? Something's not right here.
Boss: Welcome to working life.
Clever-cunning goes back to her desk and resumes updating her Facebook, playing candy crush, and chatting with her friends, which were the real reasons she was apparently 'working' late.
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