A serious prospective client called to ask us for a sweep in New York city.

It sounds exciting, zooming around to solve mysterious problems.

Really, it is a bad idea. When a sweep team travels it costs more than hiring locals and they may have to leave equipment behind. If a competent team is in your town it makes more sense to hire them.

The catch is that most people who advertise in the yellow pages are either crooks or incompetent.

Oh, yes. We recommended that the New York firm hire one of our very competent competitors.