Humour minute in 507 JFW
Major Hakkinen is teaching Flying Officer Elma Leivonen (37th Suomus Misfits Sq.) how to issue reprimands to her subordinates.
- But I can't, Major! It’s so rude and scary! - Elma cried in fear.
- Take a piece of paper and write it down. It's not scary on paper, - Hakkinen replied calmly.
Elma took the paper, but her pen trembled, unable to form even a single letter.
- Write the most polite and gentle reprimand you can manage, - Hakkinen insisted patiently.
An hour later, Elma produced a sheet covered in multiple repetitions of "I'm sorry!"
- Good. Now, try to write something... a bit stronger.
The next sheet was filled with "Please, forgive me!!!"
- You did a good job, Elma. One more thing to do would be to make sure it's your subordinates who are writing such notes to you.
Posted Mar 14, 2026, 12:17 AM UTC