The beginning of a night-shift is always the time for striking a bargain between a senior and junior. The senior, in his capacity as overall in-charge, had slight edge over the junior partner. It means he can decide his period & duration of forty winks. Generally there would be no problem provided the junior partner is not worldly wise.
In one such a situation, the junior partner cleverly told the senior he can avail the 1st slot. Without understanding the trick, the senior took the bait. Bingo! Within 15 minutes, the junior also started his forty winks. The senior clocked almost 8 hours and the junior had clocked 7 hrs 30 minutes.
As the shift came to an end, the senior came to and found his partner furiously writing the log-book. The senior was all pity for the other man who had stayed “awake” the whole night shift. He gently chided the young man why he did not disturb him!
Not able to hold on to the secret any more, the junior conversationally told him “Had I selected the 1st slot for my forty winks, it would have been only for an hour or so”.
The senior was left speechless at the audacity of his partner. After a while he asked “How you could manage to log the events of 8 hours so neatly?”
The reply he got was even more stunning – that is experience Sir!
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