Zardari way of Doing Business
Three contractors are bidding to fix a broken fence at the White House in D.C. - one from Bangladesh, another from China and the third, from Zardari Contractors of Pakistan.
They go with a White House official to examine the fence.
The Bangladeshi contractor takes out a tape measure and does some very concentrated 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 serious 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 Zardari contractor doesn't measure or figure or anything. He simply 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 Zardari 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.