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I am reminded of the story of the plumber who was called to fix a water leak. He replaced a washer and charged $100. The client was outraged: “That washer was o
by jl6 3y ago
I am reminded of the story of the plumber who was called to fix a water leak. He replaced a washer and charged $100. The client was outraged: “That washer was only a dollar’s worth of parts!”
The plumber replied: “Sure. I’m charging you $1 for the washer and $99 for knowing where to fit it.”
- andersource 3y agoSounds like a variation of the Ford-GE $10k chalk mark story: https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2b4n7a/til_henry_ford_once_balked_at_paying_10000_to/ https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2b4n7a/til_h...
- dublin 3y agoThis famous "granddaddy of them all" story about knowing where to make a chalk mark was validated in a 1965 letter to the editor of Life magazine. Although most Internet sources act as though this story is apocryphal, it has some real (if not conclusive) provenance, and definitely fits the known personality quirks of both Henry Ford and Charles Steinmetz...
- slowmovintarget 3y agoMore generic $50K version: https://www.et.byu.edu/~tom/jokes/Consultant_Engineer.html https://www.et.byu.edu/~tom/jokes/Consultant_Engineer.html
- bitwize 3y agoI heard the same story except it was a DEC technician. "Hitting the machine: $1. Knowing where to hit it: $999."