The F.B.I. had an opening for an assassin.
After all the background checks, interviews and testing were done, there were 3 finalists; two men and a woman.
For the final test, the F.B.I. agents took one of the men to a large metal door and handed him a gun. “We must know that you will follow your instructions no matter what the circumstances. Inside the room you will find your wife sitting on a wooden chair…Kill her!!!”
The man said, “You can’t be serious. I could never shoot my wife.”
The agent said, “Then you’re not the right man for the job. Take your wife and go home.”
The second man was given the same instructions.
He took the gun and went into the room. All was quiet for about five minutes. Then the man came out with tears in his eyes and said, “I tried, but I just couldn’t kill my wife.”
The agent said, “Then you’re not the right man for the job. Take your wife and go home.”
Finally, it was the woman’s turn. She was given the same instructions, to kill her husband. She took the gun, walked into the room and closed the door. Shots were heard, one after another. Then there was screaming, crashing, and banging on the walls. After a few minutes, all was quiet. Then, the door slowly opened and there stood the woman, wiping sweat from her brow.
“This gun is loaded with blanks!” she said. “I had to beat him to death with the chair!”