The CIA had an opening for an assassin. After all the
background checks, interviews and testing was done, there were
three finalists... 2 men and a woman.
For the final test, the CIA agents took one of the men to a large
metal door and handed him a gun. “We must know that you will
follow your instructions, no matter what the circumstances.
Inside this room, you will find your wife sitting in a chair. Kill
her!!!” The man said, “You can’t be serious. I could never shoot
my wife.” The agent said, “Then you are not the right man for
this job. Take your wife and go home.”
The second man was given the same instructions. He took the
gun and went into the room. All was quiet for about five minutes.
Then the man came out with tears in his eyes. “I tried, but I
can’t kill my wife.” The agent said, “ You don’t have what it
takes. Take your wife and go home.”
Finally, it was the woman’s turn. She was given the same
instructions to kill her husband. She took the gun and went into
the room. Shots were heard, one shot after another. They heard
screaming, crashing, banging on the walls. After a few minutes,
all was quiet. The door opened slowly and there stood the
woman.
She wiped the sweat from her brow. “ This gun is loaded with
blanks,” she said. “I had to beat him to death with the chair.”
Moral: Never put a woman to the test.