Ed McManus, editor of The Jokesmith newsletter, has put out a booklet of humor about folks in human resources. It’s called What is a Human Resource? and in it he explains how people get assigned to particular jobs.

You leave them in a conference room for four hours. Then, you go back to see what they’re doing.

• If they don’t look up when you enter the room, assign them to the Security Department.
• If they’re counting the butts in the ashtray, put them in Finance.
• If they’ve taken the table apart, put them in Engineering.
• If they’re screaming and waving their arms, send them off to Manufacturing.
• And if they’ve left early, put them in Sales.

Bits & Pieces, March 4, 1993, p. 10