The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-04-14
FAILURES" SUCCEED
WHEN IN RIGHT JOBS.
..When b > duh not a dnhe..

"HSn IL dub not a dubT"
When he makes good"
The Office force Of certain whole
sale house i'm Fargo has been ASKING
and answering this question in this
fashion for the last few weeks. asking
II and answering il In a spirit of shock
and surprise. The idea OF "once a dub.
always a dub" has received a severe
shock in this establishment, and the
once force hasn't got over IL vet
The dub I'm question was Jonea
Jones was the pet OF the Office. The
general manager married Jones, sister
and Jones came down to work under
/ his brother FLAWS sheitering wing
| They gave him charge Of a mailing
/ section, stnecure, a cinch. They were
going to try him out there: then hs
was going to get something better.
| Jones took charge OF the mailing
| section. had a soft cushion put on mis-
chair and stayed right there for tyo
/ solid years. He was rs years old and
the right age for the man in that Job
was about II. But Jones stuck. For
| TWO long mortal years he held down
the chair with the soft cushion, pot
teTihg around about Jobs that an ONCE
boy should have been doing. and gem
orally showing that he was a prize
candidate for the title Of human snail
clerks used to ask: Wen, Jones howis
the mailing department? Amt work
ing you too hard, are they?"
%, I'm about holding IL even" Jonas
would say.
TT must be awful to have all that
worry on your mind"
Yes, but you get used to IL. YOU get
used TO It," would be Jones reply. and
ne never for a minute suspected that
he was being joshed, or anything like
IT,
Great Scott" said the general man.
ager to his wife. Il don't know what
I'm going TO do with Jones. He's a
dead one, absolutely and completely
dead"
Perhaps he hasn't any opportunity
to show his ability" suggested the
wife,
perhaps" said the @. M. '1p shift
him around and see II he'll wake up."
And then began the shifting OF
Jones, a shifting that made him the
joke Of the Office.
There wasn't minor position in the
whole ONCE where they didn't try
Jones out They shifted him around
the mailing desk. and gave him the in,
formation department. Jones took hts
soft cushion with him, sat down on IL
and staid put for another year. From
the information bureau he went TO the
cashiers cage. He counted money IN
the pay envelopes for. the most of his
duties. He had TO work on a stool
now but the cushion was right there
doing business where Jones sat down,
Send him on the road" suggested
the assistant manager. He'll fall down
so bad that he'll go down and out like
a kid on an icy slide"
The manager rose UP and shook
hands with the assistant
when you step into my shoes" said
he, this office VIII be in better hands
than it is now"
So they sent Jones on the road. II
was joyous day in the once. The
idea Of Jones selling goods was some
thing 10 make everybody happy and
witty.
The boss is hoping for q train wreck
at the right time" was the consensus
OF opinion. Hes tender hearted. is
the boss; he only hopes Jones1l get
killed"
When the time was ready Jones
packed UP his samples. called a cab,
buttoned on his ulster and made for
the union station. as contented as
nonchalant. as If he merely was NOV
ing his cushion from one chair 10 an
other.
The manager heard from him q week
later.
Il like this business" wrote Jones.
It's just fun to go In and Jolly around
with these old tall grassers. I'm send
Ing some orders. too. / wish you'd
sent me out long ago.
The manager opened the order en-
velope. Then he sat back and looked
foolish. Jones had sold goods 70 peo-
pie that had come to be looked upon an
hopeless. His orders were big enough
and plentiful enough to make him a
success.
He kept 1t up, too. He is keeping it
up every day at the present writing.
One of his customers came into the
house and explained it to the manager.
Jones comes numbering into the
store like he had all lifetime to stay"
said he. You look him over and YOU
see he isn't worrying a whit about SELL
ing you goods. He'd sooner talk
weather than sell goods He doesn't
'ell you; you buy from him He's the
most natural born salesman / ever
saw"
When is dub not a dub?" said the
manager to himself. Then he got up
md kicked himself When he hap
>ens to get into the line where he be-
ongs. and where he should have been
Vi the time IL his superiors hadn't
been born chuckleheads."
But 1t is the clerks who are rich
lbout Jones. They say.
IF he can sell goods. what could we
io?"
Which shows that you never can tell.
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