System

The new man in the Advertising Agency was being shown the ropes.
After running through the basic ‘settling in’ information at his work station, the IT guy tells the new employee that he needs to know about the codes they use throughout the office. He explains that a small coloured dot can appear in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen. He said that it was a simple system, based on primary and secondary colours. He proudly announced the he, and a couple of others in the IT section, had developed it. He pointed to the corner of the screen.
He sat back. “When a yellow dot appears there, it means it’s five minutes to morning and afternoon tea breaks. Blue means it’s five minutes before lunch. Violet warns staff that the Supervisor is on the warpath. Green warns staff that the Department Head is on the warpath, and Red warns staff that the General Manager is on the warpath.”
With a shrug, he adds, “You really need to learn all of them.”
The latest employee asks, “Is that why colour blindness was on the medical checklist at the beginning of the interview? I wondered about that.”
“Certainly not!” said the other, with a grin, “it’s because of the careful choice of colours we use in our advertising campaigns. Anyway, to continue, the last colour to look out for is Brown.”
“Brown? but, that’s not even a secondary colour!”
“Of course, it isn’t, but Red and Green make Brown, and that means that the Department Head and the General Manager are both on the warpath. Get it? Pretty clever, hey? Stinky came up with that.”
“Stinky?”
“Oh! Just one of the guys in IT.”
“What if they should see that colour?”
“They won’t, they’re not on the system.”

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