A few months ago, there was an opening with the CIA for an assassin.
These highly classified positions
are hard to fill, and there's a lot of testing and background checks
involved before you can even be
considered for the position.
After sending some applicants through the background checks, training and
testing, they narrowed the
possible choices down to 2 men and a woman, but only one position was
available.
The day came for the final test to see which person would get the
extremely secretive job. The CIA men
administering the test took one of the men to a large metal door and
handed him a gun.
We must know that you will follow your instructions no matter what the
circumstances" they explained.
"Inside this room, you will find your wife sitting in a chair. Take this
gun and kill her."
The man got a shocked look on his face and said, "You can't be serious! I
could never shoot my own
wife!" "Well", says the CIA man, "You're definitely not the right man for
this job then."
So they bring the second man to the same door and hand him a gun. "We
must know that you will follow
instructions no matter what the circumstances", they explained to the
second man. "Inside you will
find your wife sitting in a chair. Take this gun and kill her."
The second man looked a bit shocked, but nevertheless took the gun and
went in the room. All was quiet
for about 5 minutes, then the door opened. The man came out of the room
with tears in his eyes. "I
tried to shoot her, I just couldn't pull the trigger and shoot my wife. I
guess I'm not the right man
for the job." "No" the CIA man replied, "You don't have what it takes.
Take your wife and go home."
Now they're down to the woman left to test.
Again they lead her to the same door to the same room and handed her the
same gun. "We must be sure
that you will follow instructions no matter what the circumstances, this
is your final test. Inside
you will find your husband sitting in a chair. Take this gun and kill
him."
The woman took the gun and opened the door. Before the door even closed
all the way, the CIA men heard
the gun start firing. One shot after another for 13 shots. They heard
screaming, crashing, banging on
the walls. This went on for several minutes, then all went quiet.
The door opened slowly, and there stood the woman. She wiped the sweat
from her brow and said "You
guys didn't tell me the gun was loaded with blanks! I had to beat him to
death with the chair!"
