This is an oldie but goodie, borrowed in it’s entirety from Afterlife Jokes. I’m not sure who the original author is.
A highly successful executive woman was tragically hit by a bus and died. She arrived in heaven where she was met by God.
“Welcome to heaven,” said God. “Before you get settled in though, it seems we have a problem. Strangely enough, we’ve never once had an executive make it this far and we’re not really sure what to do with you.”
“No problem God, just let me in.” said the woman.
God replied, “What we’re going to do is let you spend a day in hell and a day in heaven and then you can choose where you want to spend an eternity.”
God put the executive in an elevator and it went down-down-down to hell. The doors opened and she found herself stepping out onto the putting green of a beautiful golf course. In the distance was a country club and standing in front of her were all her friends – fellow executives that she had worked with and they were all dressed in evening gowns and cheering for her. They ran up and kissed her on both cheeks and they talked about old times. They played an excellent round of golf and at night went to the country club where she enjoyed an excellent steak and lobster dinner. She met the devil who was actually a really nice guy (kinda cute) and she had a great time telling jokes and dancing. She was having such a good time that before she knew it, it was time to leave. Everybody shook her hand and waved good-bye as she got on the elevator. The elevator went up-up-up and opened back up at heaven and found God waiting for her.
“Now it’s time to spend a day in heaven,” God said. So she spent the next 24 hours lounging around on clouds and playing the harp and singing. She had a great time and before she knew it her 24 hours were up and God came and got her.
“So, you’ve spent a day in hell and you’ve spent a day in heaven. Now you must choose your eternity,” God said.
The woman paused for a second and then replied, “Well, I never thought I’d say this, I mean, heaven has been really great and all, but I think I had a better time in hell.”
So God escorted her to the elevator and again she went down-down-down back to hell. When the doors of the elevator opened she found herself standing in a desolate wasteland covered in garbage and filth. She saw her friends were dressed in rags and were picking up the garbage and putting it in sacks. The devil came up to her and put his arm around her.
“I don’t understand,” stammered the woman, “yesterday I was here and there was a golf course and a country club and we ate lobster and we danced and had a great time. Now all there is a wasteland of garbage and all my friends look miserable.”
The devil looked at her and smiled. “Yesterday we were recruiting you; today you’re staff.”
Too funny (and sadly often true) not to share. But what’s the moral of the story? During the course of your lifetime, you’ll likely be courted (recruited) once or twice. Be careful to separate the flash and glitz of the recruiting experience from the real opportunity, work and challenges of the day-to-day grind. If you don’t, your next move just might be “hellish.”
