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Old 09-17-2009, 10:40 AM   #292
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Originally Posted by Snuffi View Post
2) Even if I have not built a house I can judge a few things because I know the process and requirements for some of the work involved. Even someone who has not every last piece of information can have a learned opinion of a situation. There is a whole industry of people who call themselves "consultants" who have not every last scrap of information about what's going on in a company and have not been working there for years, yet they can still provide accurate and valuable suggestions to improve processes in that company.
  • someone who takes the watch off your wrist and tells you the time.
  • a man who knows 99 ways to make love, but doesn't know any women.
  • someone who is called in at the last moment and paid enormous amounts of money to assign the blame.

Hiring consultants to conduct studies can be an excellent means of turning problems into gold, your problems into their gold.

(you can find lots of such jokes HERE or by searching for "consultant + jokes")
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