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Title: Contractor Post by: Taruna on September 20, 2007, 03:54:22 AM Contractor
Three contractors . . . One from India, another from Germany and the third from England are bidding to repair the White House fence. A senior White House official takes them to examine it. The English contractor : takes out a tape measure and does some measuring, then works on some figures with a pencil. "Well," he says. "I figure the job will cost $900 . . . $400 for materials, $400 for labour and $100 profit for me." The German 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 Indian contractor doesn't measure or do any figuring, but leans over to the White House official and whispers: " $2,700." The official incredulously says, "You didn't even measure like the other guys! How did you come up with such a high figure?" "Easy," the Indian explains, "$1,000 for you, $1,000 for me and we hire the guy from Germany to do the work!" Guess who got the contract........................!! |