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I’m a nurse in a hospi-

tal’s children’s ward.

One night, I was at

the nurses’ station

when I heard a little

boy in his room talk-

ing. He kept the patter

up for some time.

Finally, I got on the

intercom and said

softly but firmly, “All

right, Johnny, it’s time

to go to sleep now.”

There was quiet

in the room, and

then he said, “OK,

God, I will.”

I didn’t hear a

peep from him until

morning.

—J.C. via e-mail

I was in a small store

in a nearby town

one evening. Wanting

to find out when it

opened the next

morning, I stopped

“I have to hang up now. I have an hour

to get these reports done.”

a teenage staffer on

her way out and asked,

“What are your hours?”

Her reply: “Right

now, six to nine be-

cause I’m in school.

But next month it will

be full-time.”

—Darlene ‹uery

Edmonton, Alberta

The process of inter-

viewing for a new job

is an important step.

Don’t screw it up like

these job candidates

did:

✦Interviewer: What’s

your greatest weakness?

Candidate: Women.

That’s kind of why I’m

Reader’s Digest

96 dec 2018 )jan 2019 cartoon by Dave Carpenter

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in a Day’s

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