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Date Posted: Thu, Aug 31 2000, 23:03:14
Author: steve
Subject: There was an engineer



There was an engineer who had an exceptional gift for
fixing all things mechanical. After serving his company
loyally for over 30 years, he happily retired. Several
years later the company contacted him regarding a
seemingly impossible problem they were having with one
of their multi-million dollar machines.

They had tried everything and everyone else to get the
machine to work but to no avail. In desperation, they
called on the retired engineer who had solved so many
of their problems in the past.

The engineer reluctantly took the challenge. He spent a
day studying the huge machine. At the end of the day,
he marked with a chalk a small "x" on a particular
component of the machine and stated, "This is where
your problem is."

The part was replaced and the machine worked perfectly
again. The company received a bill for $50,000 from the
engineer for his service. They demanded an itemized
accounting of his charges.

The engineer responded briefly:

One chalk mark $1
Knowing where to put it $49,999

It was paid in full and the engineer retired again in
peace.

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