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This blog is all about jokes and random thoughts. Don't look for deep insight or thoughts on current events..This is just to make me and my friends laugh and hopefully a few others as well.Friday, February 20, 2009
Government contracting
| Three contractors---one from New York, one from Tennessee and the third from Florida---were bidding to fix a broken fence at the White House. The three, along with a White House official, were examining the section of the fence that needed repairing. The contractor from Florida looked at the fence, took out a tape measure, did some measuring, jotted some numbers on a pad, and turned to the official. "Well," he said, "I figure the job will run about nine hundred dollars: four hundred dollars for materials, four hundred dollars for my crew, and a one hundred dollar profit for me." The contractor from Tennessee followed the same procedure as the one from Florida, turned to the official and said, "I can do this job for seven hundred dollars: three hundred dollars for materials, three hundred dollars for my crew, and a one hundred dollar profit for me." The New York contractor didn't look at the fence, didn't measure the fence, and didn't do any figuring. He just leaned over to the White House official and whispered, "Two thousand seven hundred dollars." The incredulous official said, "You didn't look at the fence, you didn't measure the fence, and you didn't do any figuring. How did you come up with such a high cost?" The New York contractor whispered back, "One thousand dollars for me, one thousand dollars for you, and we hire the guy from Tennessee to do the fence." "Done!" replied the official. And that is how government contracting works. | ||
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