At a job site, the foreman has four employees, an Italian, a Frenchman, a Scot, and a Chinese. There is a pile of gravel that needs to be moved but no machinery around to do the job so it has to be done by hand.

He tells the Italian and Frenchman to get shovels and the Scot to get a wheel barrow. The Chinese guy he tasks with supplies. He gives them two hours to complete the work and goes off to check on other jobs on the site.

Two hours later he returns to see the Italian, Frenchman, and the Scot sitting on boxes near the pile of gravel reading newspapers. The gravel pile is where it was when he left.

To the Italian, the foreman says "I told you to get a shovel and move the gravel. Why haven't you done it ?!! " The Italian responds in a broken English/Italian... "You saida dat the Chinese guy was in charga dah supplies. I could notta finda the Chinese guy to get a shovel."

He asks the Frenchman and in broken English/French gets the reply..."Oui oui, I couldn'ta finda Chinese guy either".

He looks at the Scott and the Scottsman says ...."Eigh canny find him either".

Angry that the work he asked to be done wasn't even started, he starts checking around the site for the Chinese guy, getting madder by the minute. Can't find him anywhere... he walks past the pile of gravel with the Italian, Frenchman, and Scottsman still sitting there reading newspapers...storming his way back to the office.

Suddenly.... the Chinese guy jumps out at him from behind the pile of gravel and yells "SUPPLIES !!!!"