Addendum to that. The story in the link actually seems to be "Anekdote zur Senkung der Arbeitsmoral", by Heinrich Böll. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anekdote_

Addendum to that. The story in the link actually seems to be "Anekdote zur Senkung der Arbeitsmoral", by Heinrich Böll. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anekdote_zur_Senkung_der_Arbeitsmoral https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anekdote_zur_Senkung_der_Arbei... An English translation as PDF: https://www.uea.ac.uk/polopoly_fs/1.33246!np_vol_5_article_8_by_hansjorg_bittner.pdf https://www.uea.ac.uk/polopoly_fs/1.33246!np_vol_5_article_8...