Weather: Sunny today, snow tomorrow.
Trail Conditions: Muddy, lot of snow still.
Snow tomorrow, but that is old news for you guys down south I guess. We are even warmer
up here than down in Illinois or Indiana. You guys can keep the snow too, we need the
ATV trails to dry up. The Forest Service has a quiet season I think they call it until
May 15th so the trails have a chance to dry up. After that it is going to be ATV Time.
Al, a road crew supervisor in Newfoundland, hired Ole to
paint the yellow line down the middle of route 32 heading up toward Bemidji. He was
skeptical about hiring Ole since he didn’t have any painting background. But Ole
appeared enthusiastic and told Al that he really needed the job. At least his wife
Lena told him so.
He
explained to Ole that his
work day shift would be to
complete 2 miles of
center-line on the road. He
was set up with brushes and
paint and Al got him
started. After the first
day, the supervisor was
pleased to find that he’d
painted 4 miles of road in
his 8 hour shift, instead of
the two expected of him. He
told Ole that he did an
excellent job and said how
pleased he was with his
progress.
On
the second day, Ole
completed painting just the
2 miles of road that was
asked of him. His supervisor
was surprised, because on
the first day, he had
completed twice as much
work. But he didn’t say
anything, since 2 miles of
road was the amount that the
job required anyway. He
decided to just accept it,
and to look forward to the
next day when he was sure
that Ole would pick up the
pace again.
On
day 3, the supervisor was
disappointed to learn that
in his 8 hour
shift,
Ole
completed painting only 1
mile of road.
Ole
was called to the
supervisor’s office and was
asked what was the
problem.
“On
your first day, you
completed 4 miles of road,
on your second day, 2 miles
of road, and now on day 3,
you were only able to
complete 1 mile of road.
What’s the problem,
Ole?”
“Vell,”
Ole replied, “I’ll tell you
vut is da problem, but I
tought a smart man like you
vould figger it out fer
yourself. Every day I’m
getting farder and farder
avay from da paint
can.
