Responsibility

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A seasoned administrative assistant had endured years of trial with a highly irascible department head in a government office. Eventually she determined that enough was enough and sought another job.

During the interview several questions were asked, concluding with the following:

"In the position you now hold, do you have any decisions to make?"

"I certainly do," she replied. "Whenever my boss tells me to get that "miserable political yes-man" on the phone, I have to decide which one."