A Story Of A Veteran (retired soldier)

There was a veteran in the United States. He was wounded on the battlefield.
When he returned to his city, he was also older, and he was injured and became a
disabled veteran. So finding a job has become very difficult. Many companies
have rejected him, and every time he still took firm pace to look for possible
opportunities.

This time, he came to the large timber company in the United States to apply for a
job. He finally found the company's vice president . He said very firmly to the vice
president: "Vice president, I am a veteran. As a military, I solemnly promises you
that I will complete any tasks you have given me, please give me a chance."

When the vice president knew age, and really gave him a job but seemed to be
joking. What kind of job is that? That is a mess in the middle of the United States.
Prior to this, the company sent a lot of excellent managers, did not do this job
well, because there are bad customer relationships here, the company's arrears
can not be recovered for a long time, the company's image there was damaged.
The veteran said: "I promise to complete the task." The next day, he went to the
market. A few months later, he recovered the image of the company from the
central United States, smoothed the relationship with the customer, and owed it.
Almost all the arrears.

On a weekend afternoon, the president called the veteran to his office. He said to
him: "I have to go out to do something this weekend. My sister will be married in
Utah. I am going to attend her wedding. Please help me buy a gift. This gift is in a
gift shop, very beautiful. There is a blue vase in the show window." After he
described it, he handed the card with the address of the shop to the veteran.
After receiving the mission, the veteran solemnly promised his boss: "I promise to
complete the mission!"
The veteran saw the back of the card, it’s written the train carriage and seat of
the boss, because the boss told him that after buying the vase, he would send it
to his compartment.

So the veteran acted immediately. He took a long time to find the address, and
when he found the address, his brain was blank... because there is no store on the
address at all, there is no such beautiful window, and there is no blue vase.

**Ladies and gentlemen, what would you do if it were you? I will say to the boss:
"Sorry, the address you gave me is wrong. So I can't get the blue vase. But the
veteran didn't think so because he promised the boss: Guaranteed to complete
the task.**

So he thought to call the boss to confirm, but the boss’s phone was off! How to
do?

Time passed fast, the veteran took reference of the map, and walked on the
street one block another, finally saw the store described by the boss at the place
five streets away from this address. Looking far away, that is the beautiful vase in
show window. He was very happy, but when he ran to the store and saw that the
door was locked, the store closed .

**If it is you, what will you do? You will say: Sorry boss, because the address you
gave me is wrong, I can hardly find it, and also the store already closed when I
arrived. However, the veteran did not think so, because he promised to the boss:
to ensure the completion of the task.**
The soldier used the yellow page with reference of the address, finally found the
phone number of the store manager. When he called and said that he wanted to
buy the blue vase. The person from the phone said: I am on vacation and the
store doesn’t open. Then I dropped the phone.

**If it is you, you will say sorry boss, the store are not open, I can't buy it. You will
find a lot of reasons to explain that you have not completed this task. However,
the veteran did not think so, because he promised to the boss: to ensure the
completion of the task.**

He was thinking, even if I paid a heavy price, I would have to get the blue vase. He
wanted break window and get the blue vase, so the veteran turned to find tools.
When he finally found the tool back, but a policeman armed came to the window
from afar, and stood there motionlessly. Then the veteran waited quietly, but
waiting for a long time, the policeman did not mean to go.

At this time, the veteran called to the manager of the store again. The first words
he said is, with the guarantee of my life and the reputation of a soldier, I have to
get the blue vase, because I already promised that to my boss, this is related to a
soldier's honor and life, please help me.
The man no longer hangs his phone and has been listening to him. He tells the
story of how he was wounded on the battlefield. Because he promised his
comrades on the battlefield, he must save his comrades' life. He must carry his
comrades out of the battlefield. For this reason, he became disable with the
serious injure.

The manager was touched by him and finally sent someone to open the door and
sell the blue vase to him. The veterans got a blue vase and he was very happy. But
in that moment, the boss’s train has already started.
**If it is you, what will you do? You will find out a bunch of reasons to explain to
the boss: The address you gave me is wrong, I can hardly find it, and the store has
closed. I suffered setbacks, experienced hardships, and finally got this blue vase,
but your train has already started. However, the veteran did not think so, because
he promised to the boss: to ensure the completion of the task.**

The veteran called his former comrades. He wanted to rent a private jet because
there were many people in North America who owned private jets. He finally
found someone who was willing to rent a private jet to him, and then he drove.
The plane chased the next stop of the train that the boss took. When he panted
and ran into the platform, the boss’s train just slowly entered the platform.

As the boss told him the number of the carriage, he went to the boss's carriage
and saw that the boss was sitting quietly there. He carefully placed the blue vase
on the table. Then he said to the boss: "Boss, this is the blue vase you want, bring
it to your sister, and wish you a good trip." Then he turned and got off.

Monday, the boss called the veteran to his office. Say to him: "Thank you for the
gift I bought for me. My sister likes it very much. You have completed the task ,
thank you! In fact, we has been selecting a manager for several years and wants
to send him to the Far East as the region president. This is the most important
department of the company. However we couldn’t find anyone who is able on it.
Because of this, the consultant gave us the idea of “a blue vase test” to select the
manager. In the process of selecting managers, most people did not complete the
task, because the address we gave was fake, and we let the store manager close
the door in advance, also let him receive only two calls. Finally only one person
passed the test by the way breaking the show window. But we thought that this is
inconsistent with the ethics of our company, so that man was not hired.
So in the later tests, we hired a armed policeman to stay there. But all of these
obstacles didn not hinder your determination to complete the task. You have
done a good job, and now I formally appoint you as the president of the Far East
region of the company on behalf of the board..."