Have you ever noticed a discrepancy in the way sales tax is levied on certain items in CA ? A subway franchise that I go to in SF doesnt charge any sales tax on a sub. However when I went to a subway in Fremont, they did charge me a …
One is now used to seeing prices being set to just a cent(s) under a round figure – ie $9.99 instead of 10 or $19.95 instead of 20. What was the original reason for this pricing strategy ?
There are 10 machines that dispense balls. All machines dispense balls that weight ten units each, except for one which dispenses balls of 9 units. You have one digital scale. Using one weighing only, you have to determine which is the faulty machine.
There are 5 hats – 2 red and 3 green. Three men A,B and C are made to stand in a line. A hat is placed on each one. C can see A’s and B’s hats and B can see A’s hat. A cannot see anyone’s hat. Any one person …
You know you are a corporate nerd when – 1. You ask the waiter what the restaurant’s core competencies are. 2. You decide to re-org your family into a “team-based organization.” 3. You refer to dating as test marketing. 4. You can spell “paradigm.” 5. You actually know what a …
Ever seen management put a positive spin on a negative concept. If people are fired, the term that I have seen being used now-a-days is rightsizing or rebalancing instead of firing or layoffs. Every heard a used car salesman talk about selling used cars ? Nope. His profession is to …
Billions of blistering barnacles X-( First they announce that in July, all priority dates will become current for the AOS stage. Then on 2nd July, they announce that all numbers have been used up and they will be rejecting all 485 applications. I’m not surprised about the second announcement. After …
Do you know of anyone in your friend circle who has recently used labor substitution ? Since the program is coming to an end, looks like lawyers are trying to make max utilization of it. I have read conflicting opinions of it on the net – 1) According to this …