Bumper Stickers 001

  A man responds to a help wanted ad.  The next day he is told to come to the office for an interview.  He shows up and is surprised by the look of the place.  Bumper stickers cover the walls like graffiti.
  "What's with all the stickers?" he asks.
  The interviewer laughs.  "That's what we do.  We design and sell bumper stickers."
  "Seriously, bumper stickers are our business.  That's why the name is Sticky Bumpers."
  "So how--what would I do?"
  "Design bumper and sell stickers and you get royalties on your designs and commission on the sales."
  Confused, he asked, "What if I can't think of anything for a sticker?  Or what if my ideas are already taken?"
  "Take a deep breath and relax.  You have creativity inside of you.  You just need to let it come to the surface."  The interviewer paused for a moment.  "Now close your eyes and imagine that you are taking a long drive somewhere.  Where are you going?"
  "Copper Falls, one of my favorite parks."
  "How long is the drive?"
  "Six hours."
  "Wow.  It must be a special place.  Or do you just like driving?"
  "I hate driving.  I drive the six hours to enjoy the landscape and just relax."
  "Tell me about the traffic jam on the way."
  "It's horrible.  Cars honking.  Drivers swearing.  People acting like morons."
  "What else makes the drive terrible?"
  "Tailgators.  I hate them with a passion.  I wish I had a humongous truck so I could run them over and not worry about it."
  "Now what would you say to them if you had 2 seconds?"
  "I would give them a piece of my mind!"
  "Good.  Now take that marker and write down a couple of ideas.  I'll come back in ten minutes."
  The man grabbed the marker and scribbled down the first thing that came to his mind.  Then he slid the paper to the side and wrote down another and another.  After eight ideas were finished, he looked up.
  "That was only fifteen minutes.  Imagine what you could do in a couple of hours."
  "I just wrote down what I thought of on the spur of the moment.  I can't do this all day long."
  "I think you can do a lot more than you give yourself credit for.  Why don't you come back tomorrow and we will talk business.  I am giving you the job."
  "Just like that?  You didn't really ask me any questions."
  "You jumped right in and did the job.  What could be better than that?"
  "Nothing I guess."