My pregnant daughter and her husband were checking out a new
birth facility that was more like a spa. The birthing room
had a hot tub, soft music, and candlelight. “What do you
think?” she asked.
He looked around. “Isn’t this how we got here in the first
place?”
Harry, a TV repairman, was called to fix a television set
that had neither sound nor picture. Left alone in the room,
Harry spotted the cause immediately: the set was unplugged.
Harry faced a dilemma—one part of him said he shouldn’t
charge the woman while the other insisted he be paid for his
time.
Finally, he presented her with a minimum-charge service
bill, which read, “Restored isolated connecting cable to
primary power source. $25.”