Don and Dan were carpenters who specialized in the installation of laths for plasterers. They were different as cheese and chalk. Don would nail as fast as he could, not too carefully, while Dan was slow and methodical, insisting on painstaking detail so the work would stand a long time.
A prospective customer inspected the work of both men and questioned previous employers. He discovered that while Don worked for less wages, his work was not perfect. Dan who practiced permanency was the best. Dan was hired because the householder realized that . . . he whose laths last, laths best.
The Carpenters
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