Contracting in U S A

American contracting

It sounds more Bulgarian actually...

Three contractors are bidding to fix a broken fence at the White House
in D.C.

One from New Jersey , another from Tennessee and the third, from
Florida.

They go with a White House official to examine the fence.

The Florida 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 crew and $100
profit for me."

The Tennessee contractor also does some measuring and figuring, then
says, I

can do this job for $700: $300 for materials, $300 for my crew and $100
profit for me."

The New Jersey contractor doesn't measure or figure, but leans over to
the White House official and whispers, "$2,700." The official,
"Incredulous,"
says, "you didn't even measure like the other guys! How did you come up
with such a high figure?"

The New Jersey contractor whispers back, "$1,000 for me, $1,000 for you,
and

we hire the guy from Tennessee to fix the fence."

"Done!" replies the government official.