Wife explaining her husband's job to her close friend.
Wife: "He sells software to companies."
Her friend: "Oh nice, like apps?"
Wife: "No. Big software. For running whole businesses."
Friend: "Oh, like Microsoft?"
Wife: "No. A German company. SAP."
Friend: "What's SAP?"
Long pause.
Wife: "Well.... It's… hard to explain. Basically he flies somewhere, finds whats broken in their business, spends 18 months with fixing it, and then everyone panics on this thing called go-live or something."
Friend: "And they pay him for that?"
Wife: "Sometimes they fire him first. Then they call him back."
35 years in this industry.
She nailed it in 90 seconds.