Norris was in his cubicle. He had his computer on and was all set to go to work when his boss stuck his head in.

“Norris, haughtiness is not the opposite of humbleness. It’s the opposite of submissiveness. That’s why I’m the boss and you aren’t. It’s why I am, and can be, arrogant and you can’t. Now, let’s get to work”.

Norris thought that the boss’ talent consisted of marrying the owner’s daughter. Hmm, maybe that is a talent since she’s ugly as sin, has no discernible personality, and can barely put a coherent sentence together.

Later in the morning the boss popped his head back into Norris’ cubicle.

“Norris, those that can, do. Those that can’t, do what you do”.

Norris had serious reservations that his boss even knew what Norris did. His boss’ interest in the company was the pay, the lunches and the golf. The boss once embarrassed the owner at a dinner when he couldn’t say what it was the company actually did. He wasn’t too certain.

Later, right before lunch, the boss reappeared.

“Norris, there are always winners in life and losers in life. One of us is a winner and one of us isn’t. I won’t mention who the winner here is. I don’t want to embarrass you”.

After a liquid lunch, the boss stuck his head into Norris’ cubicle again, after striking it against the wall.

“Norris, money can’t buy happiness. If it could, you’d be so miserable you’d have to kill yourself. I’d be estatic on the other hand. Wait, I am estatic. Maybe money can buy happiness. Well, not having it surely can’t”.

Just before the boss left for the day, he made another visit to Norris.

“Norris, money doesn’t make the man. Ha, ha, yes it does”.

Norris made his final entry. He now had all the boss’ money in an account in a Caribbean bank.