请病假去打高尔夫球

鸭绒25（译）

2024年7月29日

工会成员和雇主之间的谈判陷入了僵局。工会否认他们的工人公然滥用合同中的病假条款。

一天早上，在谈判桌上，该公司的首席谈判代表高举一份早报。

“这个人，”他宣布，“昨天请了病假！”

在该报的体育版上，有一张据称是那位请了病假的员工照片。他刚刚以优异的成绩赢得了当地的一场高尔夫球锦标赛。

一位工会谈判代表打破了房间里的沉默。

“哇。”他说，“应该这样想。要是他没有生病，他会打出更好的成绩！”

原文： Sick Man Goes Golfing

Negotiations between union members and their employer were at an impasse。The union denied that their workers were flagrantly abusing their contract's sick-leave provisions。

One morning at the bargaining table，the company's chief negotiator held aloft the morning edition of the newspaper。

“This man，”he announced，“called in sick yesterday！”

There on the sports page，was a photo of the supposedly ill employee，who had just won a local golf tournament with an excellent score。

The silence in the room was broken by a union negotiator。

“Wow。”he said，“Just think of what kind of score he could have had if he hadn't been sick！”