It was the days of the Old West when an Indian walks into a cafe with a shotgun in one hand, pulling a male buffalo with the other.
He says to the counter guy, “Want coffee.”
“Coming right up,” is the reply, and he gets the Indian a tall mug of coffee. The Indian drinks the coffee down in one gulp, turns and blasts the buffalo with the shotgun, causing parts of the animal to splatter everywhere, tosses down a coin for the coffee, and walks out….
The next morning the Indian returns. He has his shotgun in one hand pulling another male buffalo with the other. He walks up to the counter and says again, “Want coffee.” This time the guy is ready. “Whoa there, fella!” he says. “We’re still cleaning up your mess from yesterday! What was all that about, anyway?”
The Indian smiles and proudly says, “Training for upper management position.”
Not surprisingly, “Huh?” came the reply.
“Yuh,” he says. “Come in, drink coffee, shoot the bull, leave mess for others to clean up, disappear for rest of day.”
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how modern Management Theory began.