sandropc
22-01-2006, 18:34
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A WORK FOR A DOLLAR.
It is sometimes an error to simply judge the value of an activity for the time that people takes to carry out it. A good example is the case of an engineer that was called to fix a very big and extremely complex computer in a big company of services in USA. A omputer that worth 12 million dollars.
Sat down in front of the screen, it oppressed some how many keys, it agreed with the head, murmured something for itself and it turned off the apparatus (That was the step of the Buda). Him proceeded to take out a small screwdriver of their pocket and gave turn and mediates to a minuscule screw. Then he lit the computer again and it checked that it was working perfectly.
The President was shown charmed and he offered to pay the bill at once. - How much do I owe you? – he asked. They are ten thousand dollars, if you does me the favor. The president questioned, ten thousand dollars?; ten thousand dollars for some a short time?; ten thousand dollars to press a simple screw?......
I already know that my computer costs 12 million dollars, but ten thousand dollars it is a senseless quantity! I will pay only if you sends me a perfectly detailed invoice that justifies it. The engineer agreed with the head and he left. The following morning the President received the invoice, he read it carefully, he shook the head and proceeded to pay it at once, without protest.
The invoice said: Services rendered:
To Press a screw........................ 1 dollar
To Know what screw to press.......... 9,999 dollars.
Total Invoice: 10,000 dollars.
This is a lesson to all those professionals that day by day face with the disregard of who for their own ignorance don't reach to understand them. Remember: “It is won by what is known, not by what is done"
A WORK FOR A DOLLAR.
It is sometimes an error to simply judge the value of an activity for the time that people takes to carry out it. A good example is the case of an engineer that was called to fix a very big and extremely complex computer in a big company of services in USA. A omputer that worth 12 million dollars.
Sat down in front of the screen, it oppressed some how many keys, it agreed with the head, murmured something for itself and it turned off the apparatus (That was the step of the Buda). Him proceeded to take out a small screwdriver of their pocket and gave turn and mediates to a minuscule screw. Then he lit the computer again and it checked that it was working perfectly.
The President was shown charmed and he offered to pay the bill at once. - How much do I owe you? – he asked. They are ten thousand dollars, if you does me the favor. The president questioned, ten thousand dollars?; ten thousand dollars for some a short time?; ten thousand dollars to press a simple screw?......
I already know that my computer costs 12 million dollars, but ten thousand dollars it is a senseless quantity! I will pay only if you sends me a perfectly detailed invoice that justifies it. The engineer agreed with the head and he left. The following morning the President received the invoice, he read it carefully, he shook the head and proceeded to pay it at once, without protest.
The invoice said: Services rendered:
To Press a screw........................ 1 dollar
To Know what screw to press.......... 9,999 dollars.
Total Invoice: 10,000 dollars.
This is a lesson to all those professionals that day by day face with the disregard of who for their own ignorance don't reach to understand them. Remember: “It is won by what is known, not by what is done"