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Which 3 envelopes would those be?

• TheRealDunkirk 6y ago
  It's an older reference, which is why it was so funny to me. I hadn't seen it in a long time. GIYF.
• lmkg 6y ago
  It's an old story. New executive starts the job. On his desk are three envelopes, left by his predecessor, with a post it note saying "When shit hits the fan, and you don't know what to, open one of the envelopes." Yadda yadda, exposition, things are normal and exec is successful for a year or two and then things go pear-shaped. Completely out of options, he opens the envelope, finds a letter which says "Blame me." He blames his predecessor for leaving the state of things in such a poor shape that this misfortunate was unavoidable, everything blows over, his success continues. Blah blah, narration. Another shitstorm. He opens the second envelope, finds a letter which says "fire all the managers." He promises a significant shake-up, says he has the leadership to turn this around, purges the old guard. Things go well. Hurly-burly story, and so forth. Catastrophe strikes. Having blamed his predecessor and fired everyone and installed his own managers, he has no one else to turn to for casing the blame. He opens the last envelope, hoping to find salvation. "Write three letters."
  • unnouinceput 6y ago
    My recollection of 2nd letter is "blame it on current economy situation"