Service Provider

Bob Frankston mocks the concept of Service Providers by comparing it to how life might be if city sidewalks were considered in this same manner:

http://Frankston.com/public/?name=sidewalks I stepped out to take my stroll and was immediately accosted (in the nicest way, of course) by a gaggle of TSP (Transportation Service Provider) agents vying to sell me the use of their sidewalks