Unfortunately, this is how government works too. About 10 years ago while maintaining the Golden Gate website I had to post contracts to their site. These would be for things like seismic retrofits, etc. Contractors would bid on the contracts, and whoever came up the lowest was the winner. Nice to know that the guys making your bridges more earthquake resistant are the ones who are the cheapest. Adam. On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 7:34 AM, John Meyer <johnmeyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > On 12/22/2009 9:10 PM, Daevid Vincent wrote: > >> http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/Maybe-I-Needing-Later.aspx >> >> > > > Read this, just loved it. Moral of the story (though some may turn it > racist or otherwise moronic): maybe hiring at the lowest possible bidder > isn't always the best idea. > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- Adam Randall http://www.xaren.net AIM: blitz574
