earlyrides
Well-Known Member
The very successful doctor came home from the out of town weekend conference to find that a water line had broken in his house and flooded his basement.
So he called the local 24 / 7 plumber in the phone book.
The nice sounding man on the other end of the line explained that they could very well come over and make the repairs and even clean the place up so that it would be like it never even happened. But he then mentioned that since it was after 6 pm on a Sunday it would be at a higher rate.
The doctor thought about it for a second and decided it would be worth the extra cost to reduce the potential damage so he had him come over and start.
Six hours later the job was completed and just he promised it was as if the issue had never occurred.
“So how much do I owe you”, the doctor inquired.
After a few minutes of calculations the plumber answered back “$9000.00”.
“$9000.00 for six hours of work?!” the doctor exclaimed. “I am a doctor and I don’t make that kind of money!”
The plumber answered back, “Neither did I when I was a doctor.”
So he called the local 24 / 7 plumber in the phone book.
The nice sounding man on the other end of the line explained that they could very well come over and make the repairs and even clean the place up so that it would be like it never even happened. But he then mentioned that since it was after 6 pm on a Sunday it would be at a higher rate.
The doctor thought about it for a second and decided it would be worth the extra cost to reduce the potential damage so he had him come over and start.
Six hours later the job was completed and just he promised it was as if the issue had never occurred.
“So how much do I owe you”, the doctor inquired.
After a few minutes of calculations the plumber answered back “$9000.00”.
“$9000.00 for six hours of work?!” the doctor exclaimed. “I am a doctor and I don’t make that kind of money!”
The plumber answered back, “Neither did I when I was a doctor.”
