At 10:41 AM 11/22/2010, Rich Alderson wrote:
He received a telegram from the
home office asking him to visit a customer in Texarkana who was having trouble
with one of their products. He telegraphed back that they should send someone
from Chicago, since they were much closer to the customer.
Even today, Google Maps says the difference in Chicago's favor is
13 hours 9 minutes versus 13 hours 32 minutes, but I bet you can drive
at a higher speed from El Paso than you can from Chicago.
- John