Thursday, February 04, 2010

MISCHIEF. MAYHEM. SOAP.

 
If a new car built by my company leaves Chicago traveling west at 60 miles per hour, and the rear differential locks up, and the car crashes and burns with everyone trapped inside, does my company initiate a recall?
 
You take the population of vehicles in the field (A) and multiply it by the probable rate of failure (B), then multiply the result by the average cost of an out-of-court settlement (C).
 
A times B times C equals X. This is what it will cost if we don't initiate a recall.
 
If X is greater than the cost of a recall, we recall the cars and no one gets hurt.
 
If X is less than the cost of a recall, then we don't recall.

  -  "FIGHT CLUB" by Chuck Palahniuk

 

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