The case of too much and not that much.

 

On a particular morning, a quality inspector was called to obtain a stage clearance. With difficulty (so he said) he reached the work spot after a half-an-hour delay. This guy liked to fish in troubled waters hence looked for opportunity to put others in trouble. Simply stated he liked to hear his own voice with or without echo.

He gave lot of instructions and directed a lot of people to measure an object of 2753mm length. The measurement came to 2754 mm. When everybody had made up their mind that this is a good job, our friend thought otherwise. He insisted that the error be rectified and pontified, as even 0.1mm difference will not be tolerated,under his nose. He further made a statement that '1mm variation in 2753mmlength was too much'. To dispense away with his presence, the facility reworked and got the measurement right when he was avidly engaged in conversation and momentarily distracted from the activity.

For the final inspection in the evening, the same quality inspector was called. This time there was an excess of 2mm noticed in the finished dimension of 347 mm. remembering the morning episode, the facility offered to correct it.

To the surprise of all, the quality inspector said “2mm variation is not that much and can be left as it is”

[The narrative though set in a specific environment , could have taken place in a metal pipe manufacturing industry. This setting helps the reader spin their own yarn :) ]