[lit-ideas] White House Deals
- From: "Andreas Ramos" <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 18:45:16 -0700
> Three contractors are bidding to fix a broken fence at the White
> House. One from New Jersey, another from Tennessee and the third,
> Florida. They go with a White House official to examine the fence. The
> Florida contractor takes out a tape measure and does some Measuring,
> then works some figures with a pencil. "Well," he says, "I figure the
> job will run about $900: $400 for materials, $400 for my crew and $100
> profit for me." The Tennessee contractor also does some measuring and
> figuring, then says, I can do this job for $700: $300 for materials,
> $300 for my crew and $100 profit for me." The New Jersey contractor
> doesn't measure or figure, but leans over to the White House official
> and whispers, "$20,700." The White House official, incredulous, says,
> "You didn't even measure like the other guys! How did you come up with
> such a high figure?" The New Jersey contractor whispers back, "$10,000
> for me, $10,000 for you and we hire the guy from Tennessee to fix the
> fence." "Deal! " replies the White House official.
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