Only Funny People Are Employable

Menlo Park, CA – A new survey from Accountemps found eighty percent of chief financial officers (CFOs) interviewed said an employee’s sense of humor is important for fitting into the company’s corporate culture.

“It is the single most important thing I look for in my subordinates,” said the CFO of a major credit card company. “That and a great ass.” He pointed to the all-women office and said, “I challenge you to find a droopy ass in this group. Go ahead, grope away, they don’t- why are you shaking your head?”

“Knock, knock!” said accounting candidate Stephen Yin during his second interview. “The poor.” He continued. “Who cares? They’re poor!” After a long laugh he stood up, extended his hand and added, “thank you, sir, you won’t be disappointed.”

The Department of Justice called the survey “grounds for all sorts of lawsuits”, “we will not tolerate humor discrimination” and “if you don’t want to hire someone, just use the race/religion reason. Wait, we got that backwards. Oh, screw it, everyone gets a free pass on Monday.”

“Wait, I had to be funny?” asked an unemployed man. “Forget that I’m over qualified, have years of experience and could probably do the job of my superiors, I didn’t get the job because I wasn’t funny? Lemme guess, they went with that Yin kid? Yeah, I saw him practicing his standup in the bathroom. It was pretty good.”

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