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   A friend forwarded this interesting story. Source unknown. de Tom N4KG   
      
   Back when the telegraph was the fastest method of long-distance   
   communication, a young man applied for a job as a Morse Code operator.   
   Answering an ad in the newspaper, he went to the office address that   
   was listed. When he arrived, he entered a large, busy office filled   
   with noise and clatter, including the sound of the telegraph in the   
   background. A sign on the receptionist's counter instructed job   
   applicants to fill out a form, and wait until they were summoned to   
   enter the inner office.   
      
   The young man filled out his form and sat down with the seven other   
   applicants in the waiting area. After a few minutes, the young man   
   stood up, crossed the room to the door of the inner office, and   
   walked right in. Naturally the other applicants perked up, wondering   
   what was going on. They muttered among themselves that they hadn't   
   heard any summons yet.   
      
   They assumed that the young man who went into the office made a   
   mistake, and would be disqualified. Within a few minutes, however,   
   the employer escorted the young man out of the office, and said to   
   the other applicants, "Gentlemen, thank you very much for coming,   
   but the job has just been filled." The other applicants began   
   grumbling to each other, and one spoke up saying, "Wait a minute,   
   I don't understand. He was the last to come in, and we never even   
   got a chance to be interviewed. Yet he got the job. That's not   
   fair!"   
      
   The employer said, "I'm sorry, but the last several minutes while   
   you've been sitting here, the telegraph has been ticking out the   
   following message in Morse Code: 'If you understand this message,   
   then come right in. The job is yours." None of you heard it or   
   understood it. This young man did. The job is his.   
      
   CW IS!   
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