Mistaken Identify
Por: Albert Shamir Galvá de Jesús
The
chief of police in a small country town was not enjoying himself. Traffic was
out of control. The police department was suffering from a severe shortage of
manpower. Two of his officers had injured themselves in a car accident. Another
officer had hurt herself when she tried to stop a runaway horse.
The
chief and his deputy were sitting by themselves in the office. They were complaining
about how much they had to do and how little money they had to do it with.
“I
wake up every morning, look at myself in the mirror, ask myself how I am going
to get through the day,” said the chief.
“Have
you ever thought about hiring more officers?” suggested the deputy.
“You
know we’re just fooling ourselves. We don’t have any money for more officers.”
At
just that moment, the cleaning lady put her head in the door. “Why don’t you
buy a tailor’s dummy?” she asked. The chief and his deputy looked at each other
in amazement as they realized what a great idea it was!
They
dressed the dummy in full police uniform, placed it behind the wheel of a spare
patrol car, and left it by the roadside. All the speeding stopped. Motorists
slammed on the brakes as soon as they saw the car with the cop in it.
Some
motorists made real fools of themselves and even stopped to ask for directions!
From: SUCCESS Communicating in English Michael Walker ADDISON-WESLEY PUBLISHING COMPANY 1995
