When a guy’s printer type began to grow faint, he called a local repair shop
where a friendly man informed him that the printer probably needed only to be
cleaned. Because the store charged $50 for such cleanings, he told him he might
be better off reading the printer’s manual and trying the job himself.

Pleasantly surprised by his candor, he asked, “Does your boss know that you
discourage business?”

“Actually, it is my boss’s idea,” the employee replied sheepishly. “We usually
make more money on repairs if we let people try to fix things themselves
first.”