Defective Parts Needed

"Johnson's Late for Work"

For thirty years, Johnson had arrived at work at 9 A.M.,
on the dot.

He had never missed a day and was never late.

Consequently, when on one particular day 9 A.M. passed
without Johnson's arrival, it caused a sensation.

All work ceased and the boss himself, looking at his
watch and muttering, came out into the corridor.

Finally, precisely at ten, Johnson showed up, clothes
dusty and torn, his face scratched and bruised, his
glasses bent.

He limped painfully to the time clock, punched in, and
said, aware that all eyes were upon him, "I tripped and
rolled down two flights of stairs in the subway. Nearly
killed myself."

The boss said, "And to roll down two flights of stairs took
you an entire hour?"

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"Defective Parts Needed"

This speaks a lot about the quality of Japanese
products and their standards:

They're still laughing about this at IBM. Apparently
the computer giant decided to have some parts
manufactured in Japan as a trial project. In the
specifications, they stated that they will only accept
three defective parts per 10,000.

When the delivery came in there was an accompanying
letter. It said, "We Japanese had a hard time understanding
North American business practices. But the three defective
parts per 10,000 have been separately manufactured and
have been included in the consignment. Hope this
pleases you."
Received on Tue Oct 26 15:53:37 2004