One girl decided to order a dress from a famous tailor because he sewed beautifully and always conscientiously. True, she thought that his dresses were too expensive. Therefore, when I arrived at the workshop, the first thing I decided to do was negotiate a price.
“You charge a lot for your dresses,” she said.
- Really? “I don’t think so at all,” the tailor objected.
- How expensive! Judge for yourself - sewing a dress for me will require no more than two meters of fabric. So?
“Yes,” he agreed.
- Well, if you add to the cost of the material the cost of threads, needles and even scissors with which this dress will be cut, it will still turn out to be at least half the price. So I have to pay you, accordingly, half as much.
The tailor was silent for a minute, and then answered:
“Well, young lady, you almost convinced me.” So much so that I even agree to charge you half the original cost. If you insist, of course.
- Of course, I insist! — the girl was happy.
- Agreed. Now I will take the necessary measurements, and in a week the messenger will deliver your order directly to your home.
All week the girl was bragging to her friends about how cheap she would get a dress from a famous tailor. They didn’t believe it and wanted to make sure for themselves that they weren’t being deceived. At the appointed hour, everyone gathered at her house. The messenger also came with a box. The girl solemnly removed the lid and took out... two meters of fabric, a couple of spools of thread, needles and scissors.
In anger, she rushed to the tailor.
- How dare you deceive me?! - she cried as soon as she crossed the threshold.
“There was no deception,” the tailor shook his head. — I put everything that you listed in a box. If there is still something missing, then perhaps it is because you forgot to pay for it.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru