This speaks a lot about the quality of Japanese products and their
standards:
They're still laughing about this at IBM. Apparently the computer giant
decided to have some parts manufactured in Japan as a trial project. In
the specifications, they stated that they will only accept three
defective parts per 10,000.
When the delivery came in there was an accompanying letter. It said, "We
Japanese had a hard time understanding North American business
practices. But the three defective parts per 10,000 have been separately
manufactured and have been included in the consignment. Hope this
pleases you."
-- '92 Dak CC 2wd 318 3.55 '84 GoldWing Interstate
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