A Lesson on Teawork

This story is about four people, Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody.

There was an important job to be done and

Everybody was asked to do it.

Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. 

Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did.

Somebody got angry about that, because it was Everybody’s job.

Everybody thought that Anybody could do it, and Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn’t do it.

It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody, when actually, Nobody blamed Anybody.

The job, of course, went undone.

-        Irwin M. Kirby