It happened that four persons
died and they found themselves
traveling
by a luminous tunnel.
One of them
was an attorney, another a professor, another a salesman and the other
was a cook. While they were traveling in the tunnel, they found a wall,
but everything was happening so fast that they were confused.
The first to speak was the
professor, who said: " Gentlemen, do not worry, I have studied this and
I can assure you that this is not a dream, what happens is that we are
dead."
And the attorney, immediately raised his voice and said: " Dead?
of course not, we cannot be dead because nobody has warned me, besides,
I did not leave the things in order, I have many things to do, so,
please, stop dreaming I need to get out of your dream and to go on with
my work."
When he finished, the salesman
said: "
If
this is a dream, I might be able to get you a better dream.
And if we are dead, by sweet
talking, I can get you to
the doors of heaven. The one who does not want to
buy, well, the rooms to the side are a little bit warm and that place
has a red sign that says : Little Hell. I do not know the place but I
advise you to take my services.
After he finished, the cook
said: " Gentlemen, it is getting late, so you better start placing your
order or maybe an special order and when I awake, it will be my
inspiration for the recipe of the day."
The professor spoke again
saying: " Gentlemen, nothing of what you have said, applies."
And the
attorney, answered: " Whether, it applies or not, I am going to suit you
because I do not want to be in this dream."
The salesman said: " You do
not need to fight, I am going to make you an offer because either you
are alive or death."
And the cook replied: " Try to get a little table,
it is almost 12."
Then, they listened to
something like a bell giving the time and
two doors were opened, one of them was beautiful with many flowers, and
a very nicely decorated place could be seen, while the other door was in
very bad shape, falling apart with bad smell and neglected appearance.
The persons went to the beautiful door but they saw a sign that said: "
Today we do not need professors, attorneys, salesmen or cooks. Please,
knock the other door"
And
the attorney said: " I am going to suit them for discrimination."
The salesman said: " Bad
marketing."
The cook said: " The top
restaurants are like this."
The professor said: " Let's do
everything for the sake of learning."
Then, they went near the door
of hell that had a sign : " We are looking for professors,
attorneys, salesmen and cooks. Immediate availability. Go to the
reception and ask for Don Sata. You will go through a short interview
and if you qualify, will be assigned to a position to a very tropical
area. A new pavilion is now been opened."
The four persons looked each
other and thought: " How do we get out of this? It seems that it was not
a dream after all."
The attorney had an idea and
said: " They say in the sign that we will be interviewed, so what we
will do is not to know the work and they will not give us the job and we
will not stay here, they will send us to heaven or back to earth. They
better send me back because is past twelve and I have a lot of things to
do."
The professor said: " Then,
let's make a draw and let's change professions."
The salesman said: " Just a moment, I
agree but only with the condition that if we go back to earth, you must
buy something from me."
The cook said: " I only know about
cooking, you can put me in any position, I do not care."
The
moment of the interviews came and Don Sata presented himself. He
looked
somewhat busy and perspiring. He was tall,
of a reddish complexion and with a deep look. So he called the first one
in the list and said: " The professor please."
The professor had
changed places with the attorney, so the supposed professor who was
truly an attorney went. And Don Sata said: " Well, you have been a very
dedicated and learned man, we want to do
some changes here and we want to have a well educated personnel, so our
guests will feel that we take care of them, there is nothing like a
lecture and pardon me because I cannot say good lecture because of
principles."
And the supposed professor said: " What we must do first
is to change some statutes, articles and to establish new norms." Don Sata gave him a somewhat perplexed look and said: " Enough of questions.
Please go to this next room for evaluation."
Then, Don Sata called
the cook who was the salesman and Don Sata asked :
" We worry a lot
here about food, can you give us your recommendation?" And the
salesman who was acting as the cook said: " What is most important is
not the food but the menu. " In less than a minute, the salesman who
was acting like the cook, gave him a lot of information. Don Sata gave
him a surprised look and said: " Please, go with the previous
gentleman and we will proceed with
your
evaluation later on."
He, then, called the attorney who in this case
was the professor and Don Sata asked: " We would like to change our
fame in earth, what steps do we have to take?" And the professor who
was acting as the attorney said: " What is important is to establish
the dates and also the information of the
persons who gave their opinion and then we would know how to
proceed." He had not even finished when Don Sata interrupted him and
said:
" Please, go with the other
persons." Then, he called the salesman who was acting like the cook
and asked:
" How can we improve our
visits?"
And the supposed
salesman who was the cook said: " Well, perhaps a few appetizers
will do." And Don Sata said: Please, go with your three partners.
"
And there was a window
between
the two
rooms from where they could appreciate how Don Sata was turning more red and
it seemed that he was calling some collaborators. While in the
room, the four of them were commenting: " This has been a piece of
cake, we deceived him for sure, because we answered different
things than what he wanted to know, so
we will be sent back to earth or to the beautiful heaven."
Suddenly, they saw like different persons coming to the interview
and they noticed that these persons went out crying to another
place and the four of them said:
" We escaped but these ones are
probably crying because they are going in."
A few hours passed by
and then Don Sata called them and said: " Listen to the news."
Immediately, the four interrupted, especially the attorney, who
said: " He probably saw that we cannot be approved."
The professor said: " He
has found many mistakes."
The salesman said: "
There is no buying or selling here, so we are disqualified
anyway."
The cook said: " We are
probably not approved because we do not fit the positions."
And they said to Don
Sata: " We have seen and heard the crying of the other persons and
we are ready to say good bye, it was most interesting to see you
and we will tell the persons on earth how it went."
Don Sata
said: " Take it easy boys, everything has been solved. About the
people that you saw crying, those fools were crying of happiness,
because they were not admitted here, those were defective and we
sent some back to earth others to the door of the competition. But
you perfectly passed the test and you are hired here for all
eternity because we had never interviewed such a dumb professor,
such a bad attorney, such awful salesman and even worse cook. You
won the positions because there will be nobody
worse here in hell."
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