“Billing By the Hour Causes Cancer”
Granted, it’s an unusual way to set out an argument against the billable hour…
But one that was apparently discovered by a (Juris) Doctor in a Boston Laboratory.
In Recent News, it was discovered that billing by the hour causes cancer in professionals who adopt these billing practices. The problem is said to start with cancerous “time-billing” cells in the brains of consulting and law firm partners. Since these cells infect the brain, causing irrational behavior in the partners thereby causing them to lose all common sense (to healthy hosts). For instance:
Common Sense:
- The more effective I can be for the client, the more value this will have to the client.Thinking of Cancer-Infected Partners:
- The more I drag this out and the more hours I can bill, the more this must be worth to the client. Yahoo! Let’s burn the midnight oil!
Disclaimer: FYI a juris doctor is a professional doctorate in law dished out by American law schools. Not a doctor that works with ill people. Hence cancer is being used figuratively here.
