GAG OF THE MONTH

JOBSEEKERS

NEW Yorkers Joey and Frank are great friends who met at their job at the garment factory, but after five years there, they get made redundant. So they decide to go to a hiring agency together in the hope of getting a job.

Joey is called in to see the recruiter first, and after about 10 minutes in the room, he comes out elated. “I got the job!” he says. Frank congratulates him and steps into the recruiter’s office.

Frank is asked to describe his last job. “I worked at a garment factory, where I sewed the crotches into women’s pantyhose,” he says.

“I’m sorry, I don’t think we have any jobs that would suit you,” the recruiter says.

Now this causes Frank to bristle with anger. “Now hold just on a minute! Joey worked there for five years too, and you just gave him a job.”

The recruiter says: “Well, that’s because he has some solid engineering and maintenance skills. He told me he was a diesel fitter.”

“I think you misunderstood,” says Frank. “He was quality control. I’d sew the crotches, pass ’em to Joey, and he’d stick an arm in each leg, stretch ’em over his head and say: ‘Yep, deez’ll fit ’er.’”

Brook Linbridge, email