Two minute mysteries - just a glaring error
Detective Nose had just wrapped up a case in upper town district of Trenton and since he was in the area decided to stop by and pay his friend Doctor Dean Lamar a visit at museum. Doctor Dean was director in charge at museum and had been so for the past five years. By all accounts, he was doing a fantastic job.
When Nose arrived at his friend's office, he saw that he was in middle of looking over some resumes.
'I'm looking to hire a new tour guide to help with a new ancient Chinese exhibit that is due to arrive next week " said Doctor Dean. " I expect that this exhibit will attract hundreds of visitors and to tell we the truth, I'm a little worried that I mayn't be able to find a suitable guide to help with the attraction. '
Detective Nose decided to sit down and assist his comrade sort through large stack of resumes. They were near end of the pile when Dr. Dean pointed out a resume to Nose that he felt might be from a suitable candidate.
Typed on a plain sheet of white paper was resume of a man whose name was Geoffrey Montgomery. Under his qualifications he had a few relevant jobs listed with all required references but it was not job history that caught Doctor Dean's attention. Rather, under heading of hobbies and interests, Geoff had listed that he was very much interested in Chinese culture and had been studying their language, alphabet, geography, religions, history, and customs for close to ten years. The resume then went on to list other desirable traits and details that would be of some benefit to the position.
'I think we may have found our candidate, " said Doctor Dean. " With his previous job experience and his extensive background knowledge of the Chinese culture, I doubt I will be able to find anyone else that's more suited for task. I think I will give him a call and see if we can meet this afternoon. '
'I'd hold off on phoning him just yet if I were you. There is something off about his resume that leads me to believe that he's not being totally honest about his qualifications. '
What mistake did Geoffrey make in his resume?
Answer: Geoffrey claims that he has been studying the Chinese culture for many years. However, if that's case, he should have known that Chinese don't have an alphabet but rather they utilize symbols to represent words and/or ideas.
