During my professional career I encountered many anecdotes that translated later on in learning opportunities. Some gave a pretty good insight in the dos and don'ts of my profession. Being in the Contracting and procurement function it gave a pretty good set of both enlightening and entertaining stories that I collected in the past few years. This book is a collection of eighteen of such stories. The objective is to entertain the casual reader as well as teach a lesson or two to the procurement professional.