Three girls are interviewed for a job as a barmaid. At the end of the interviews, the pub landlord asks each girl the same question:
‘At the end of your shift, you find a £20 note on the floor. The till isn’t down, so you know a customer must have dropped it. What do you do?’
Girl 1 says ‘I’d give it straight to you. Then we could ask the regulars the next day if anyone had lost any money’.
Girl 2 says ‘I’d keep it – finders keepers. No one would expect a £20 note to be handed in and if they’re careless enough to drop it, they can afford to lose it’.
Girl 3 says ‘I’d put it straight in that Help the Aged tin you’ve got on the counter, make sure someone who needs it gets it’.
So who do you give the job to? Girl 1 is the honest one – or is she? You only have her word for it that she’d give you the money; how do you know she’s not just telling you what you want to hear? Girl 2 sounds dishonest, but maybe she is the most honest one of all. After all, she has no reason to pretend she’d keep the money – she must be telling the truth. Girl 3 is obviously very kind, which could help with chatting to customers, and she’s observant too; no one else spotted the charity tin.
I will tell you the answer in 24 hours – first I want to hear your answers…
