BOUDREAUX & THE NATIONAL GUARD
Boudreaux, the smoothest-talking Cajun in the Louisiana National Guard, got
called up to active duty one day.
Boudreaux's first assignment was to a military
induction center, and because he was a good talker they assigned him the duty
of advising new recruits about government benefits, especially the GI insurance
to which they were entitled.
Before long, the Captain in
charge of the induction center began noticing that Boudreaux was getting a 99%
sign-up rate for the more expensive supplemental form of GI insurance.
This was odd, because it would cost these low-income recruits $30.00 per month
more for the higher coverage, compared to what the government was already
providing at no charge.
The Captain decided that he
would not ask Boudreaux directly about his selling techniques, but instead he
would sit in the back of the room at the next briefing and observe Boudreaux's
sales pitch. Boudreaux stood up before the latest group of inductees and said,
"If you has da normal GI insurans an' you goes to
If you takes out da
supplemental insurans, which cost you only t'irty dollars a mons, den da
governmen' gots ta pay you beneficiary $200,000!"
"NOW," Boudreaux
concluded, "which bunch you tink dey gonna send ta