One Knock, Thousand Dollars
Konijnenburg, director of the K.L.M. airways, during his inspiring lectures in 1951, once told about a machine that suddenly stopped. They tried a long time to repair it but in vain. They called for an expert. He examined awhile, then took a hammer, knocked on a certain part of the machine and it was running normal again. The bill was a thousand dollars.
“Would you specify this?” they asked.
“One dollar for the knock. Nine hundred and ninety nine dollars for knowing where to knock,” he answered.
January 2009
Konijnenburg, director of the K.L.M. airways, during his inspiring lectures in 1951, once told about a machine that suddenly stopped. They tried a long time to repair it but in vain. They called for an expert. He examined awhile, then took a hammer, knocked on a certain part of the machine and it was running normal again. The bill was a thousand dollars.
“Would you specify this?” they asked.
“One dollar for the knock. Nine hundred and ninety nine dollars for knowing where to knock,” he answered.
January 2009
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