Three contractor s are bidding to fix a broken fence
at singhadurbar. One from Bangladesh , another from Nepal and the third, from
China. They go with a officer to examine the
fence. The Bangladesh contractor takes out a tape measure
and does some measuring, then works some figures
with a pencil. "Well", he says, "I figure the job will
run about Rs 90,000. (Rs40,000 for materials, Rs40,000 for my
team and rs10,000 profit for me)" . The Chinese contractor also does some measuring
and figuring, then says, "I can do this job for Rs70000 .
(rs 30,000 for materials, rs 30,000 for myteam and rs10,000
profit for me)" . Nepali local contractor doesn't measure or figure,
but leans over to the officer and
whispers, "rs 2,70,000 ." The official, outraged says, "You didn't even
measure like the other guys! How did you come up
with such a high figure?" The Nepali contractor whispers back, "Rs1,00,000 for me,
rs1,00,000 for you, and we hire the guy from China to fix
the fence."
"Done!" replies the government official...