Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Story of the 3 farmers

In the countryside, there's a guy with a very big piece of land. He wanted to grow watermelon in this piece of land. Therefore, he has decided to employ 3 farmers to take care of the land. Farmer no. 1 will be watering the plantation. Farmer no.2 will be getting rid of all the pests. Farmer no.3 will be fertilizing the plantation. At the end of the first year, 100 watermelons were produced. And a big fat bonus was shared among the 3 farmers. However on the second year, as one of the farmers has become a little bit lazy, therefore the number of watermelons produced have halved. And a small bonus was shared among the 3 farmers. Therefore, for the third year, what should the farmers be doing?

  1. do nothing.
  2. cover all the workload of the lazy farmer.
  3. should become lazy too.
  4. talk to the lazy farmer.
  5. tell the owner to find another farmer to replace the lazy farmer.
  6. others?
As for the owner, what should he do?
  1. do nothing.
  2. find another farmer to replace the lazy farmer, but which 1?
  3. others?
As for you, if you are the farmer/ the owner, what are you going to do?
(Throughout our life, you will come across with situations like this once in a while.
However, how do you handle it and what are the actions that you end up doing?)

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