Geoff Miller wrote:
> Kswck > writes:
>
>
>>It is said that the original JC Penney always took out a
>>prospective sales manager out for lunch. A manager whom
>>added salt to a dish without first tasting it, was never
>>hired.
>
>
>
> I heard a version of that about thirty years ago, only the
> protagonist was Henry Ford. He supposedly fired one of his
> executives for the same reason.


I hadn't heard it before and found it he
http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/salted.asp
I'll keep it in mind when dining with prospective employers. Until
then, I'm a salt fiend.


--Lia