The Contractors
Three contractors . . . one from Indonesia, another from Germany and thethird from England are bidding to repair the White House fence. A seniorWhite House official takes them to examine it. The English contractor : takes out a tape measure and does somemeasuring, then works on some figures with a pencil. "Well," he says. "Ifigure the job will cost $900 . . . $400 for materials, $400 for labourand $100 profit for me." The German contractor : also does some measuring and figuring, thensays, "I can do this job for $700 . . . $300 for materials, $300 for mycrew and $100 profit for me." The Indonesian contractor doesn't measure or do any figuring, but leansover to the White House official and whispers: "$2,700."The official incredulously says, "You didn't even measure like the otherguys! How did you come up with such a high figure?""Easy," the Indonesian explains, "$1,000 for you, $1,000 for me and wehire the guy from Germany to do the work!"Guess who got the contract........................!!
Three contractors . . . one from Indonesia, another from Germany and thethird from England are bidding to repair the White House fence. A seniorWhite House official takes them to examine it. The English contractor : takes out a tape measure and does somemeasuring, then works on some figures with a pencil. "Well," he says. "Ifigure the job will cost $900 . . . $400 for materials, $400 for labourand $100 profit for me." The German contractor : also does some measuring and figuring, thensays, "I can do this job for $700 . . . $300 for materials, $300 for mycrew and $100 profit for me." The Indonesian contractor doesn't measure or do any figuring, but leansover to the White House official and whispers: "$2,700."The official incredulously says, "You didn't even measure like the otherguys! How did you come up with such a high figure?""Easy," the Indonesian explains, "$1,000 for you, $1,000 for me and wehire the guy from Germany to do the work!"Guess who got the contract........................!!