A company needed a worker
For which many folks did apply
After sorting through all applications
The boss settled on one young guy
To his office he invited the applicant
To go through a job interview
At which he explained all the duties
The person he hired would do
The task for the work was quite simple
They needed to tie ropes up a lot
When he asked if the applicant could do it
The young man replied, “I cannot”
Which was honest and true and quite simple
All qualities the company sought
Except for one very big problem
What the boss heard was “I can knot”
So it was that the young man got hired
And put straight to work the next day
But the quality of his job performance
Was abysmal at best, let us say
The boss found the young man dishonest
“He said he could knot, but he can’t”
“I will never believe what he tells me”
He often would rave and would rant
The employee thought his new boss demanding
“I told him I couldn’t tie things”
“But when I seek out some work I can do here”
“It only is rope that he brings”
Such is the case in the workplace
The boss and employee divide
A chasm of misunderstanding
The size of the gap very wide
There’s a moral to this simple story
It is one that we all can address
And that is to seek the meaning
In the words that someone says
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