At which point, Cappy gives him "the test of the blue vase." The test is a simple personal task that Cappy asks Peck to do, namely to go and purchase a blue vase from a shop window and bring it to Cappy. But I will say what you've already guessed from the title of the book…Peck continues to impress Cappy and goes on to impress the other vice presidents. However, at the same time, he makes the job as difficult as possible by giving Peck what is considered (as I understood it) the worst sales assignment in the company.I don't want to go through the whole plot with you (it's a short book…and it seems to be in the public domain if you want to read it online for free). There are other details as well (Peck had already talked with the other vice-presidents and been turned down, he had a great working knowledge of Cappy's business, etc.) but the short of it is that Cappy is very intrigued by Peck and gives him a chance. He comes to Cappy without an appointment and basically tells Cappy that Peck is the man for whatever job Cappy wants to throw at him. However, he does more than just "ask" for a job. Shortly after that, Peck arrives on the scene asking Cappy for a job. The book begins with Cappy berating his acting upper management team for their poor choices and their inability to find worthwhile employees. The book was written and is set in the time immediately following World War One. The company is owned by "Cappy" Ricks but Cappy has delegated out normal management roles to two vice presidents. It tells the story of war veteran William "Bill" Peck and his efforts to get a job at a Logging & Lumber Company. Other versions add the (original?) subtitle "A Story that Tells You how to Be One."The book is a very short read (only about 70 pages) and our edition came with an afterword of another ~15 pages of commentary. Wodehouse of the same name and so to avoid confusion I found a couple of places that referenced this book by Kyne as Winning the Blue Vase. My workplace gave all employees a copy of The Go Getter and encouraged us to read the book and to come up with our own "Blue Vase." There was also apparently a short story by P.G.
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