The Shepherd and the consultant

A hilarious story, depicting the mire that consultants put corporates into......Njoy !!!

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The Shepherd and the consultant

A Shepherd is herding his flock in a remote pasture when suddenly a brand new Jeep Cherokee advances out of a dust cloud towards him.The driver, a young man in brownie suit, Gucci shoes, RayBan sunglasses and a YSL tie leans out of a window and asks:
"If I can tell you how many sheep do you have exactly in your flock, will you give one to me ?"

The Shepherd looks at the yuppie, then at his peacefully grazing flock and answers "sure".

The yuppie parks his car, whips out his notebook, connects it to a cellphone,surfs a NASA page on the Internet where he calls up a GPS Satellite navigation system, scans the area, opens up the database and some 60 Excel spreadsheets with complex formulas.Finally, he prints out a 150 page report on his hi-tech miniaturized printer, turns around to the Shepherd and says "You have exactly 1586 sheep"

"That is correct.As agreed, you can take one of the sheep" says the Shepherd.

He watches the young man make a selection and bundle it into his Cherokee.Then he says "If I tell you what exactly your business is will you give my sheep back?"

"OK, why not" answers the young man.

"You're a consultant" says the Shepherd

"That's correct" says the yuppie."How did you know that?"

"Easy" answers the Shepherd. "You turned up here although nobody called you. You want to be paid for an answer to a question I already know the solution to. And you don't know anything about my business because you took my dog"

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QUOTE OF THE DAY :

It is difficult to see the picture when you are inside the frame.
John Doerr, Kleiner Perkins.