Three contractors are bidding to fix a broken fence at the CWG Stadium in Delhi One from Bangladesh, another from India and the third, from China.
They go with aKalmadi 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 $900. ($400 for materials, $400 for my team and $100 profit
for me)".
The Chinese contractor also does some measuring and figuring, then
says, "I can do this job for $700. ($300 for materials, $300 for my team
and $100 profit for me)".
The Indian contractor doesn't measure or figure, but leans over to
aKalmadi and whispers, "$2,700."
aKalmadi, incredulous, says, "You didn't even measure like the
other guys! How did you come up with such a high figure?"
The Indian contractor whispers back, "$1000 for me, $1000 for you,
and we hire the guy from China to fix the fence."
"Done!" replies aKalmadi
