My short story
There once was a farmer and a hired hand. The hired hand mentions numerous issues with the machinery that needs to be fixed or parts that need to be replaced. The farmer says he will fix or replace everything before harvest. Harvest arrives and the hired hand asks the farmer was has been fixed or replaced. He says everything you had mentioned. The hired hand was eager to hit the fields and jumped into his combine, ready for a twelve hour grind. But he noticed that everything he mentioned about needing to be fixed or replaced was still the same. He wanted to inquire about these issues with the farmer, but he was nowhere to be found. The hired hand searched high and low, worried that something awful may have happened to the farmer. The hired hand finally gave up and drove his rusty old pickup to the local tavern. Low and behold, the farmer was there. The hired hand ask the farmer " why are you sitting here getting drunk and not repairing everything I had specified"? The farmer replied " To be honest son, I have already been paid out by numerous factories from last year's crop. The way I see it is that they have enough grain for the rest of the year" The hired hand replied " but this year's crop needs to be harvested now"!. The farmer replied " No need to worry. The factories are like sheep. If you give them more than enough in the beginning, they will be more than satisfied and will return. When that time comes, which is now, all we need to do is clean up the old, moldy grains just enough so they feel content. We get paid, make minor repairs and harvest our crop for next year. It may not be a new crop, it may not be the best crop and it may be a cleaned up moldy old crop, but they will return either way. So sit down, have a drink or two and do absolutely nothing until this wonderful cycle begins again"
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