WHO’S IN CHARGE?
Christian Herter, then governor of Massachusetts, was running hard for a second term. One day after a busy schedule of campaigning and no time for lunch, he arrived at a church barbecue famished. As he moved down the line, the governor held out his plate to the woman serving chicken. She put a piece on his plate and turned to the next person in line. “Excuse me,” Governor Herter said, “you mind if I have another piece of chicken?” “Sorry,” the woman replied. “I’m only supposed to give one piece to each person.” The governor was not a proud man, but he was hungry. So he decided to throw a little weight around. “Lady, do you know who I am? I’m the governor of this state.” Do you know who I am?” the woman said. “I’m the lady in charge of the chicken!”
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