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- From: rees@dabo.citi.umich.edu (Jim Rees)
- Subject: Re: Strange packaging technique
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- References: <1992Sep2.234048.18002@u.washington.edu> <BtzApG.1o1@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca>
- Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 14:58:55 GMT
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- In article <BtzApG.1o1@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca>, gordon@maxwell.uwaterloo.ca (Gordon R. Strachan) writes:
-
- The one I always like is the packing lists that list everything in the box
- including the packing list itself! It even has its own HP part number. HP
- paper work, you gotta love it! :-)
-
- When I got my rs/6000 (great machine, wish they'd port Unix to it), it came
- with a while stack of boxes containing things like a neat blue folder for
- storing loopback connectors. When you're done unpacking you have a sea of
- empty boxes. But the last box needs no unpacking; they ship an empty box in
- which to store all the other packing material.
-
- Does anybody still have that old "story" about ordering lunch in the HP
- cafateria? It was around about 2 years and I lost my copy.
-
- You can get a copy of "Lunch, the HP Way," by Stephen Harrison and Noel
- Magee, by ftp from archive.umich.edu in the 'apollo' subdirectory, file
- 'food-humor'. The same file also contains "The Real World and Unix
- Philosophy," by Bob Peirce.
-
- Here's an excerpt from "Lunch." The whole thing is pretty funny.
-
- My eyes glazed over. I asked for a burger and a root beer.
- The waitress looked at me like I was an alien.
-
- "How would you like to order that, sir?"
- "Quickly, if possible. Can't I just order a sandwich and a drink?"
- "No sir. All our service here is menu driven. Now what would you like?"
- I scanned the menu. "How big is the 00010 burger?"
- "The patty is rated at eight bites."
- "Well, how about the rest of it?"
- "I don't have the specs on that, sir, but I think it's a bit more."
- "Eight bites is too small. Give me the Double Burger Upgrade."
-
- My sales rep interrupted. "No, you want the Single Burger option 002
- 'expands burger to two patties'. The Double Burger Upgrade would give
- you two burgers.
-
- "But you could get return credit on the extra bun," the waitress
- chimed in, trying to be helpful, "although it isn't documented."
-