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Posted on: Nov 15, '08

Problem fixing

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 multimillion 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 a small "x"
in chalk 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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lavi2050cool said:
this is where the experience speaks

November 19, '08

Garret2000 said:
Wow..

Nice one maan..

Kudos

Cheers
Garret

November 17, '08

Rashu2008 said:

its good.experience never go waste.

November 17, '08

ashokthakur said:
very nice
thanks

November 16, '08

Latav2063 said:

November 15, '08

Sunthie62 said:

November 15, '08

ashok629 said:
Very nice and useful write up .Tks Manoj for sharing it

November 15, '08

Sushmaentrepreneur said:
This was his experienmce and the engineer cashed it without any hesitation
it was due to him and that is why the company paid the demanded amount
any how
OLD IS GOLD

November 15, '08

daisyann26 said:

November 15, '08

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