PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL NOTE FOR MY ASSISTANT Bobby, my assistant programmer, can always be found hard at work in his cubicle. Bobby works independently, without wasting company time talking to colleagues. Bobby never thinks twice about assisting fellow employees, and he always finishes given assignments on time. Often Bobby takes extended measures to complete his work, sometimes skipping coffee breaks. Bobby is a dedicated individual who has absolutely no vanity in spite of his high accomplishments and profound knowledge in his field. I firmly believe that Bobby can be classed as a high-calibre employee, the type which cannot be dispensed with. Consequently, I duly recommend that Bobby be promoted to executive management, and a proposal will be sent away as soon as possible.

>Signed Project Leader

THIS MEMO WAS SOON SENT FOLLOWING THE LETTER:

"That stupid idiot was reading over my shoulder when I wrote the report sent to you earlier today. Kindly read only the odd lines (1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13) for my true assessment of him."

Can you follow directions? THIS IS A TIMED TEST--- YOU ONLY HAVE 4 MINUTESRead everything carefully before doing anything.

1. Put your name in the upper right hand corner of the paper.2. Circle the word name in sentence two above.3. Draw 5 small squares in the upper left-hand side of this paper.4. Put an “X” in each square.5. Put a circle round each square.6. Sign your name under your name on this paper.7. Write “yes”, ‘yes”, “yes” on the right hand side.8. Put a circle completely around sentence number seven.9. Put an “X” in the lower left corner of this paper.10.Draw a triangle around the “X’ you have just put down.11.On the back of this paper multiply 703 by 66.12.Draw a rectangle round the word ‘corner” in sentence four.13.Loudly call out your first name when you get this far along.14.If you have followed directions carefully to this point, call out “ I have”.15.On the reverse side of this paper add 8950 and 9350.16.Put a circle round your answer and put a square round the circle.17.Write 1 to 7 in reverse order at the right hand lower corner.18.Punch 3 small holes in the top of this paper with your pen/pencil.19.If you are the first to reach this point, call loudly ‘ I am leading in this

exercise”.20.Underline all even numbers on the left hand side of this paper.21.Loudly call out, ‘ I am nearly finished. I have followed the directions”.22.Now that you have finished reading everything, do sentences 1 and 2 only.