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My favourites are the ones who tell you they want a "Simple Part" made, and when confronted with the time and number of operations to make it counter with "[Insert Equipment Manufacturer Here] sell them for a fiver", the conversation then usually progresses along the following lines
Me "Well buy one from them, it'll take me ages and multiple set-ups to make that"
Them "I can't, they don't have them any more and tell me they're obsolete"
Me "You can still get them made for a fiver"
Them "How?"
Me "Same way [Insert Equipment Manufacturer Here] did"
Them "How is that"
Me "Pay for the production line to be set up and run for a minimum of 100000 units and you'll get them for a fiver each"
If the penny doesn't drop at that point run away, they're too busy concentrating on breathing in and breathing out in the right order!
People who don't make things, don't know how they are made and who aren't naturally deep thinkers will automatically assume that anything they cannot currently do "Can't be that hard", I find that another useful phrase for the toolbox when asked to make a Simple Part is "Since it's simple tell me exactly how you would make it."
Me "Well buy one from them, it'll take me ages and multiple set-ups to make that"
Them "I can't, they don't have them any more and tell me they're obsolete"
Me "You can still get them made for a fiver"
Them "How?"
Me "Same way [Insert Equipment Manufacturer Here] did"
Them "How is that"
Me "Pay for the production line to be set up and run for a minimum of 100000 units and you'll get them for a fiver each"
If the penny doesn't drop at that point run away, they're too busy concentrating on breathing in and breathing out in the right order!
People who don't make things, don't know how they are made and who aren't naturally deep thinkers will automatically assume that anything they cannot currently do "Can't be that hard", I find that another useful phrase for the toolbox when asked to make a Simple Part is "Since it's simple tell me exactly how you would make it."