The case of the vanishing ladder.

In a process facility there will always be the need to arrange catering ,transportation, entry-passes for visitors, mail-room etc;.

When the dim-wit joined the organisation, these were taken care  by the concerned in-charges. Years later,another dim-wit joined the facility. During this time too, the above arrangements were being made on the signature of the concerned in-charge.

When a third dim-wit joined, the situation became little different. By this time the first dim-wit has become the in-charge and he was happily forwarding the requests without authorising them. The second dim-wit was under the impression that this is being done to please the Boss who has been elevated.

After one such incident, the second and third dim-wits asked the first “why are you not signing as the authorising officer?”

The first dim-wit replied calmly “It is the case of the vanishing ladder. As my boss got elevated, he has taken the power to authorise also with him”.

[The narrative though set in a specific environment , could have taken place in any private or government section office. This setting helps the reader spin their own yarn :) ]