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Tuesday, November 26, 2024 |
Technician's Bill   
Date: Sent Thursday, July 10, 2008
Category: None | Rating: 3.67/5 (316 votes)
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A manufacturing plant was in full swing one day. The company's massive machine was humming along, taking in the raw materials at one end and churning
out the finished product at the other. All of a sudden, the machine stopped and ground to a halt. Workers climbed all over it like ants to get it
started again. The plant's manager stormed out of his office to find out why his multi-million-dollar machine wasn't making him any money. He listened
to his people saying they couldn't figure it out, and he told them to call a technician.
Soon a tech arrived, and the manager frantically explained to him that he needed his machine back as soon as possible. The technician listened
patiently, took one look at the massive hulk of motionless metal, and immediately walked over to a small panel, opening a tiny door inside to see a
screw. The technician took a screwdriver and turned the screw one-quarter turn to the right, and the machine suddenly came back to life as if nothing
was wrong.
The manager hurried over to thank the technician, shook his hand, and asked what he owed him for saving his company. The technician answered,
"$100,000.00." The manager looked at him and said, "You were here less then two minutes and just turned one screw. How can you charge so much? Give me
an itemized bill."
The technician calmly wrote out on a piece of paper:
Turning of one screw: $1.00.
Knowing which screw to turn: $99,999.00.
Received from Norton Karp.
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