>> > countries' annual budgets combined.
>> >
>> >
>> > 15. Interviewees, despite not having the relevant knowledge or
>> > experience, terminate the interview when told of the starting
>>salary.
>> >
>> >
>> > 16. Free food left over from meetings is your staple diet.
>> >
>> >
>> > 17. Your boss gets a brand-new state-of-the-art laptop with
>>all the
>> > latest features, but you have time to go for lunch while yours
>>boots up.
>> >
>> >
>> > 18. Being sick is defined as you can't walk or you're in
>>hospital.
>> >
>> >
>> > 20. There's no money in the budget for the five permanent
>>staff your
>> > department desperately needs, but they can afford four full-time
>> > management consultants advising your boss's boss on strategy.
>> >
>> >
>> > 21. Your relatives and family describe your job as "works with
>> > computers".
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > AND THE CLINCHERS ARE...
>> >
>> > 22. You read this entire list, and kept nodding and smiling.
>> >
>> >
>> > 23. As you read this list, you think about forwarding it to
>>your
>> > "friends"
>> >
>> >
>> > 24. You got this email from a friend that never talks to you
>>any more,
>> > except to send you jokes from the net.
>> >
>> >
>> > 25. You are too busy to notice there was no 9 & 19
>> >
>> >
>> > 26. You actually scrolled back up to check that there wasn't a
>>No.9"
>> >