Heaven and Hell

A highly-successful human resource manager had passed away and her soul arrived up in heaven, where she was met at the pearly gates by St Peter himself.

"Welcome," said St Peter. "Before you get settled in, though, it seems we have a problem. You see, strangely enough, we've never once had a HR manager make it this far, and we're not really sure what to do with you."

"No worries, just let me in," said the woman.

"Well, I'd like to, but I have higher orders. What we're going to do is let you have a day in hell and a day in heaven. Then you can choose whichever one you want to spend an eternity in."

"Actually, I think I've made up my mind. I prefer to stay in heaven," the woman said.

"Sorry, we have rules ..." And with that, St Peter put the executive in a lift and it went down, down, down to hell. The doors opened and she stepped out onto the putting green of a beautiful golf course. In the distance was a country club and in front of her were all the executive friends whom she had worked with. They were dressed in evening gowns and cheering for her.

Her friends ran up and kissed her on both cheeks and talked about old times. Then, all of them played an excellent round of golf and at night, they headed for the country club, where she enjoyed a superb steak and lobster dinner.

The executive met the Devil, who was actually a really nice guy (kinda cute) and had a great time telling jokes and dancing. She was having such a good time that before she knew it, it was time to leave. Everybody shook her hand and waved good-bye as she got into the lift.

The lift went straight up to the pearly gates, where she found St Peter waiting.

"Now it's time to spend a day in heaven," he said. So she spent the next 24 hours lounging around on clouds, and playing the harp and singing. She had a great time and before she knew it, her 24 hours were up. St Peter came for her.

"So, you've spent a day in hell and another in heaven. Now you must choose your eternity."

The woman paused for a second and replied: "Well, I never thought I would say this. I mean, heaven has been really great, but I had a better time in hell."

So St Peter escorted her to the lift and again she went down and back to  hell. When the doors opened, she found herself standing in a desolate wasteland covered with garbage and filth. She saw that her friends were dressed in rags; they were picking up the garbage and putting it in sacks.

The Devil came up to her and put his arm around her.

"I don't understand," the woman stammered, "Yesterday when I was here, there was golf course and a country club, and we ate lobster and danced, and had a great time. Now all there is a wasteland and all my friends look miserable."

The Devil looked at her and smiled, "Yesterday we were recruiting you. Today you're staff ..."