Where to Put the X
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.:
Many 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"
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