51. For 27 years, Mr. Jones had arrived at work at 9 a.m. on the dot. He had never missed a day and was never late. Consequently, when 9 a.m. passed without Mr. Jones' arrival, it caused a bit of a sensation. Work stopped, and the boss himself, looking at his watch and mumbling to himself, came out into the commons area. Finally, Jones showed up at 10:15 a.m. His clothes were rumpled and torn, his face scratched and bruised, and his glasses frames twisted, one lens broken. He limped painfully to the time clock, punched in, and said, aware that all eyes were upon him, "I\'m sorry. I couldn’t\'t help it. I tripped and rolled down two flights of stairs in the subway. Nearly killed myself. “And the boss asked, "It took you an hour and 15 minutes to roll down two flights of stairs?
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