One winter morning, an employee explained why he had shown up for work 45 minutes late. "It was so slippery out that for every step I took ahead, I slipped back two."

The boss eyed him suspiciously. "Oh, yeah? Then how did you ever get here?"

"I finally gave up," he said, "and started for home."

一个寒冬的早晨，有位员工解释他为什么晚了45分钟才到单位上：“外面太滑了，我每往前走一步，就出溜回去两步。”

老板怀疑地盯着他：“哦，真的么？那你到底怎么到的这儿呢？”

“我最后就算了，”他说，“干脆往家走。”