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Bruce Bowker
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Subject: how true!
IF AIRLINES SOLD PAINT
Customer: Hi, How much is your paint?
Clerk: Well, Sir that all depends.
Customer: Depends on what?
Clerk: Actually, a lot of things.
Customer: How about giving me an average price?
Clerk: Wow that's too hard a question. The lowest
price is $9 a gallon, and we have 150 different prices
up to $200 a gallon.
Customer: What's the difference in the paint?
Clerk: Oh, there isn't any difference, it's all the
same paint.
Customer: Well, then, I'd like some of that $9 paint.
Clerk: Well, first I need to ask you a few questions.
When do you intend to use it?
Customer: I want to paint tomorrow, on my day off.
Clerk: Sir, the paint for tomorrow is $200 paint.
Customer: What? When would I have to paint in order to
get $9 paint?
Clerk: That would be in three weeks, but you will also
have to agree to start painting before Friday of that
week and continue painting until at least Sunday.
Customer: You've got to be kidding!
Clerk: Sir, we don't kid around here. Of course, I'll
have to check to see if we have any of that paint
available before I can sell it to you.
Customer: What do you mean check to see if you can
sell it to me? You have shelves full of that stuff; I
can see it right there.
Clerk: Just because you can see it doesn't mean that
we have it. It may be the same paint, but we sell only
a certain number of gallons on any given weekend. Oh,
and by the way, the price just went up to $12.
Customer: You mean the price went up while we were
talking?
Clerk: Yes sir. You see, we change prices and rules
thousands of times a day, and since you haven't
actually walked out of the store with your paint yet,
we just decided to change. Unless you want the same
thing to happen again, I would suggest you get on with
your purchase. How many gallons do you want?
Customer: I don't know exactly...maybe five gallons.
Maybe I should buy six gallons just to make sure I
have enough.
Clerk: Oh, no sir, you can't do that. If you buy the
paint and then don't use it, you will be liable for
penalties and possible confiscation of the paint you
already have.
Customer: What?
Clerk: That's right. We can sell you enough paint to
do your kitchen, bathroom, hall and north bedroom, but
if you stop painting before you do the other bedroom,
you will be in violation of our tariffs.
Customer: But what does it matter to you whether I use
all of the paint? I already paid you for it!
Clerk: Sir, there's no point in getting upset; that's
just the way it is. We make plans based upon the idea
that you will use all of the paint and when you don't,
it just causes us all sorts of problems.
Customer: This is crazy! I suppose something terrible
will happen if I don't keep painting until Sunday
night?
Clerk: Yes sir, it will.
Customer: Well, that does it! I am going somewhere
else to buy paint!
Clerk: That won't do you any good, sir. We all have
the same rules. You might as well just buy it here,
while the price is still $13.50. Thanks for painting
with us. We know you have a choice of which paint
store you use, and we appreciate your choosing us.
IF AIRLINES SOLD PAINT
Customer: Hi, How much is your paint?
Clerk: Well, Sir that all depends.
Customer: Depends on what?
Clerk: Actually, a lot of things.
Customer: How about giving me an average price?
Clerk: Wow that's too hard a question. The lowest
price is $9 a gallon, and we have 150 different prices
up to $200 a gallon.
Customer: What's the difference in the paint?
Clerk: Oh, there isn't any difference, it's all the
same paint.
Customer: Well, then, I'd like some of that $9 paint.
Clerk: Well, first I need to ask you a few questions.
When do you intend to use it?
Customer: I want to paint tomorrow, on my day off.
Clerk: Sir, the paint for tomorrow is $200 paint.
Customer: What? When would I have to paint in order to
get $9 paint?
Clerk: That would be in three weeks, but you will also
have to agree to start painting before Friday of that
week and continue painting until at least Sunday.
Customer: You've got to be kidding!
Clerk: Sir, we don't kid around here. Of course, I'll
have to check to see if we have any of that paint
available before I can sell it to you.
Customer: What do you mean check to see if you can
sell it to me? You have shelves full of that stuff; I
can see it right there.
Clerk: Just because you can see it doesn't mean that
we have it. It may be the same paint, but we sell only
a certain number of gallons on any given weekend. Oh,
and by the way, the price just went up to $12.
Customer: You mean the price went up while we were
talking?
Clerk: Yes sir. You see, we change prices and rules
thousands of times a day, and since you haven't
actually walked out of the store with your paint yet,
we just decided to change. Unless you want the same
thing to happen again, I would suggest you get on with
your purchase. How many gallons do you want?
Customer: I don't know exactly...maybe five gallons.
Maybe I should buy six gallons just to make sure I
have enough.
Clerk: Oh, no sir, you can't do that. If you buy the
paint and then don't use it, you will be liable for
penalties and possible confiscation of the paint you
already have.
Customer: What?
Clerk: That's right. We can sell you enough paint to
do your kitchen, bathroom, hall and north bedroom, but
if you stop painting before you do the other bedroom,
you will be in violation of our tariffs.
Customer: But what does it matter to you whether I use
all of the paint? I already paid you for it!
Clerk: Sir, there's no point in getting upset; that's
just the way it is. We make plans based upon the idea
that you will use all of the paint and when you don't,
it just causes us all sorts of problems.
Customer: This is crazy! I suppose something terrible
will happen if I don't keep painting until Sunday
night?
Clerk: Yes sir, it will.
Customer: Well, that does it! I am going somewhere
else to buy paint!
Clerk: That won't do you any good, sir. We all have
the same rules. You might as well just buy it here,
while the price is still $13.50. Thanks for painting
with us. We know you have a choice of which paint
store you use, and we appreciate your choosing us.
