The consultant
A shepherd is looking after his flock on the edge of a deserted road.
Suddenly a brand new BMW screeches to a halt next to him.
The driver, a young man dressed in a Brioni suit, Cerrutti shoes, Ray-Ban glasses, and a
YSL tie gets out and proposes to the shepherd,
"If Iguess how many sheep you have, will you give me one of them? "
The shepherd looks at the young man, then looks at the sheep grazing and says "All right. "
The young man parks the car, connects his Toshiba notebook and cellular modem, enters a NASA
site, scans the ground using his GPS, opens a data base and 60 Excel tables
filled with algorithms, then prints a 150-page report on his high-tech
mini-printer.
He then turns to the shepherd and says
"You have exactly 1586 animals. "
The shepherd answers "That's correct; you can take your sheep. "
The young man takes a nearby beast and puts it in the back of his BMW.
The shepherd looks at him and asks
"If I guess your profession, will you return my animal to me?"
The young man answers "Yes, why not. "
The shepherd says, "You are a consultant".
"How did you know?" asks the young man.
"Very simple," answers the shepherd.
"First, you come here without being called.
Second, you charge me a sheep to tell me something I already knew.
Third, you do not understand anything about what I do. "
So now please give me back my dog."
Suddenly a brand new BMW screeches to a halt next to him.
The driver, a young man dressed in a Brioni suit, Cerrutti shoes, Ray-Ban glasses, and a
YSL tie gets out and proposes to the shepherd,
"If Iguess how many sheep you have, will you give me one of them? "
The shepherd looks at the young man, then looks at the sheep grazing and says "All right. "
The young man parks the car, connects his Toshiba notebook and cellular modem, enters a NASA
site, scans the ground using his GPS, opens a data base and 60 Excel tables
filled with algorithms, then prints a 150-page report on his high-tech
mini-printer.
He then turns to the shepherd and says
"You have exactly 1586 animals. "
The shepherd answers "That's correct; you can take your sheep. "
The young man takes a nearby beast and puts it in the back of his BMW.
The shepherd looks at him and asks
"If I guess your profession, will you return my animal to me?"
The young man answers "Yes, why not. "
The shepherd says, "You are a consultant".
"How did you know?" asks the young man.
"Very simple," answers the shepherd.
"First, you come here without being called.
Second, you charge me a sheep to tell me something I already knew.
Third, you do not understand anything about what I do. "
So now please give me back my dog."
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