My boss has always believed I’m not the sharpest employee in the office.

Personally, I think he simply doesn’t appreciate creative problem-solving.

Yesterday, he handed me some money and said:

“Go to the supermarket and buy exactly two kilograms of sugar.”

Easy enough.

When I arrived, I searched every shelf, checked every brand and even asked an employee for help. Unfortunately, all the sugar came in one-kilogram bags.

There wasn’t a single two-kilogram bag anywhere.

So naturally, I returned to the office empty-handed.

My boss stared at me.

“Where’s the sugar?”

“They didn’t have two-kilogram bags,” I explained.

His face turned bright red.

“You idiot! You should have used your brain and bought two one-kilogram bags. Two bags make two kilograms!”

I kept quiet, but I learned an important lesson:

Always use your brain.

The next morning, my boss called me into his office again.

“Go downtown and buy me a pair of size 6 shoes.”

This time, I was determined to impress him.

At the shoe store, I searched everywhere, but they had no size 6 shoes. The only size available in the style he wanted was size 3.

For a moment, I nearly gave up.

Then I remembered his advice from the previous day.

Use your brain.

Suddenly, the solution became obvious.

I proudly bought two pairs of size 3 shoes, because two size 3s make size 6.

When I returned and explained my brilliant reasoning, my boss stared at me silently for nearly a minute.

Then he told me to wait outside the office.

Through the glass door, I could see him writing something very seriously.

I think it’s a promotion letter… who knows!! 😄