The Indian way of doing Business

[lakalaka]

Three contractors are bidding to fix a broken fence at the White House in Washington D.C. One from Bangladesh , another from India and the third, from China.

They go with a White House office 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 the White House official and whispers, "$2,700."

The official, outraged 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 the government official.

[Keanu]

This one is about desi intelligence:

An Indian walks into a New York City bank and asks to see the loan officer.

He says he is going to Europe on business for two weeks and needs to borrow

$5,000. The bank officer says the bank will need some kind of security for

such a loan, so the man hands over the keys of a new Rolls Royce parked on

the

street in front of the bank. Everything is checked out, and the bank agrees

to

accept the car as collateral for the loan. An employee drives the Rolls

into

the bank's underground garage and parks it there.

Two weeks later, the man returns, repays the $5,000 and the interest, which

comes to 15.41. The loan officer says, "We are very happy to have had your

business, and this transaction has worked out very nicely, but we are

little puzzled. While you were away, we checked you out and found that you

are a multimillionaire. What puzzles us is why would you bother to borrow

$5,000?"

The Indian replied, "Where else in New York can I park my car for two weeks

for 15 bucks?"

[CrazyIndians]

This one is about desi intelligence:

An Indian walks into a New York City bank and asks to see the loan officer.

He says he is going to Europe on business for two weeks and needs to borrow

$5,000. The bank officer says the bank will need some kind of security for

such a loan, so the man hands over the keys of a new Rolls Royce parked on

the

street in front of the bank. Everything is checked out, and the bank agrees

to

accept the car as collateral for the loan. An employee drives the Rolls

into

the bank's underground garage and parks it there.

Two weeks later, the man returns, repays the $5,000 and the interest, which

comes to 15.41. The loan officer says, "We are very happy to have had your

business, and this transaction has worked out very nicely, but we are

little puzzled. While you were away, we checked you out and found that you

are a multimillionaire. What puzzles us is why would you bother to borrow

$5,000?"

The Indian replied, "Where else in New York can I park my car for two weeks

for 15 bucks?"

[satish12]

*=: *=: you rock you rock

[smartypants]

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