A jobless man wanted to apply for the position of “office boy” at Microsoft. The staff manager interviewed him and then gave him a test: clean the floor. The man pass it: he cleaned the floor very well.

“You are hired,” the manager told the man.“Give me your email address, and I'll send you the form to fill in. I shall also send you the date you should report for the work. “The man replied, “I don't have a computer or email!”

“I'm sorry,” said the manager. “if you don't have an email, that means¹ you do not exist. And we can not accept person who do not exist.”

The man was very disappointed². He didn't know what to do. He only had 10 dollars with him. Once that was spent, he wouldn't have any money to buy even food. He went to the supermarket and bought a box of tomatoes with his 10 dollars. He went from door to door and sold the tomatoes in small bags. He doubled his money.

He repeated this three times, and return home with 60 dollars. He realized that he could continue to live this way. He started to go earlier every day, and return later. He doubled or made even three times his money every day. Soon, he bought a cart³, then a truck. In a very short time, he had his many delivery⁴ trucks.

Five years later, the man became one of the biggest food sellers⁵ in the country. He started to plan his family's future.He called an insurance broker⁶, a man who sells insurance. At the end of the business, the broker asked him for his email address. The man replied, “I don't have an email.”

Hearing that, the broker felt very surprised. “You don't have an email, and yet have succeeded in becoming so rich.Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an email?” he said aloud.The man thought for a while, and replied, “an office boy at Microsoft!”

If you just lost your job or just failed an interview, don't worry, think of the positive. Good days are on the way and something better will happen to you.

文章大意：一个失业者去微软公司应聘“勤杂工”岗位。人事经理面试他，然后给他一个测试：扫地。那个失业者通过了面试：他把地板打扫得十分干净。

“你被录用了。”人事经理告诉他。“把你的电子邮箱给我，我发表格给你填，顺便也把入职报到的日期发给你。”但是那个人回答说：“我没有电脑，也没有邮箱！”

“对不起，”经理说，“如果你没有邮箱，那就意味着你不存在，我们不能雇佣一个不存在的人。”

那个人非常失望。他不知道怎么办，因为他身上只有10美元了。一旦这10美元花完了，他就连买食物的钱都没有了。于是他去了超市，用那10美元买了一盒西红柿。接着他挨家挨户地去卖那盒装在小袋子里的西红柿。他的钱翻了一倍。

他这样重复了3次，最后带着60美元回到家。他意识到他可以继续这样生活下去。于是他每天都早出晚归。他每天都能将他的钱翻倍有时候甚至翻了3倍。很快他就买了一个推车，然后是卡车。在很短的时间内，他有了很多属于自己的运货卡车。

五年后，这个人成为这个国家最大的食物经销商之一。他开始计划家庭的未来。于是他打电话给一个买保险的保险经纪人，在谈话快结束时，保险经纪人问他要邮箱地址。他回答说：“我没有邮箱。”

听到这儿，经纪人感到很惊讶。“你没有邮箱，然而你已经成功地变得这么富有。你能想象假如你有邮箱的话，你可能会是怎样吗？”经纪人大声地说。他想了一会儿回答说：“微软公司的一个勤杂工！”

如果你刚失业，或者面试失败了，不要担心，想想积极的方面。好日子正在到来，好的事情将会发生在你身上。