A client visits a supplier's workshop during tea time. He spots a picture in the supplier’s product brochure and points to it, asking, "How much is this?"
The supplier calmly responds, "$250."
The client raises an eyebrow, bursts into laughter, and says, “I can get this for just $120 from the other guy down the street.”
The supplier’s face freezes, caught off guard. He has no comeback. And then, just as fate would have it, his phone rings.
The client watches as the supplier slowly pulls out an iPhone X from his pocket, taps the screen as if casting a spell, and answers the call with the kind of smoothness one'd expect from someone who has mastered the art of pretending to have it all together.
One minute later, the call ends. The supplier places the iPhone on the teapoy, slowly removes the back cover, and pulls out the battery with all the solemnity of a surgeon performing open-heart surgery.
He then leans over and blows into the phone like he's trying to revive a forgotten old toy. "This iPhone? Only cost me $80 from an online store," he says, looking completely unfazed. "Spent another $20 getting it fixed—five times—at various repair shops. Now it's broken again. Thinking of fixing it again for just a little more. You know, because it's cheaper than getting a new one, right?"
With a satisfied grin, he slaps the battery back in, reattaches the cover, and gives the client a wink. “Always the cheapest is the best.”
The client, thoroughly speechless, manages a weak smile. Because, really, what do you say after witnessing that level of logic?
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