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A Polak is looking to buy a saw to cut down some trees in his
back yard. He goes to a chainsaw shop and asks about various
chainsaws. The dealer tells him, "Look, I have a lot of models, but
why don't you save yourself a lot of time and aggrevation and get the
top-of-the-line model. This chainsaw will cut a hundred cords of wood
for you in one day."
So the Polak takes the chainsaw home and begins working on the
trees. After cutting for several hours and only cutting two cords, he
decides to quit. He thinks there is something wrong with the
chainsaw. "How can I cut for hours and only cut two cords?", the Polak
asks himself. "I will begin first thing in the morning and cut all
day", the Polak tells himself. So, the next morning the Polak gets up
at 4 in the morning and cuts, and cuts, and cuts till nightfall, and
he only manages to cut five cords.
The Polak is convinced this is a bad saw. "The dealer told me
it would cut one hundred cords of wood in a day, no problem. I will
take this saw back to the dealer", the Polak says to himself. The
very next day the Polak brings the saw back to the dealer and explains
the problem. The dealer, baffled by the Polak's claim, removes the
chainsaw from the case. The dealer says, "Huh, it looks fine." Then
the dealer starts the chainsaw, to which the Polak responds, "What's
that noise?"
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