A bill for $50,000

itschahat

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 to get the machine fixed, 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 proudly 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 services. They demanded an itemized accounting of his charges.

The engineer responded:

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

Star Wars Fanatic

Lol, good one, I would have demanded more payment, though, and I would have wanted payment just for looking at it.

jsaxon2

Good one. LOL

Blaster

haha thats great. that should be me one day Very Happy

chennai

HERE S ANOTHER VERSION

One day the mainframe of a multimillion company went down .All their important data was in it.So they called a enginneer.He examined the mainframe,took out a hammer and tapped it. He gave a bill for $999999

When they asked an explanation:

Cost FOR TAPPING - 1$
kNOWING WHERE TO TAP -$999998

tomahawk19

There's an idea for how to charge people for websites that I design. LOL. $1 for the design $1999 for knowing how to code it