Re: apocryphal soviet screw factory

[Chris Doss <lookoverhere1@xxxxxxxxx>]

A friend of mine was working in a chemistry lab in
Moscow during Gorbachev's crackdown on alcohol abuse.
The lab workers just drank the alcohol sent to them to
clean their instruments.

--- ken hanly <khanly@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> That reminds me of the short story by the Soviet
> writer M. Zoschenko. In the
> story the electric bulb factory meets its wattage
> quota by producing only
> 500 watt bulbs at the end of the month. In a
> collective apartment using the
> bulbs everyone complains. THe collective electricity
> bill goes up. The
> disrepair of the apartment becomes glaringly obvious
> since the cracks are
> all revealed by the bright lights. The  pensioners
> complain about the
> students using lights at night and increasing
> costs..etc.etc..
>
> Cheers, Ken Hanly
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Perelman" <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <PEN-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 3:54 PM
> Subject: [PEN-L] apocryphal soviet screw factory
>
>
> > I cannot locate an article that I clipped many
> years ago discussing the
> apocryphal
> > Soviet factory manager who supposedly met a weight
> quota for screw
> production by
> > producing useless 10 pound screws.  If anyone
> could help me, I would be
> very
> > grateful.
> >
> >  -- Michael Perelman
> > Economics Department
> > California State University
> > Chico, CA 95929
> >
> > Tel. 530-898-5321
> > E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
>





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