Topic: Regional
Boudreaux, the smoothest-talking Cajun in the Louisiana National Guard,
got called up to active duty.
Boudreaux's first assignment was to a military induction center,
and because he was a good talker, was assigned 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% signup rate for the more
expensive supplemental form of GI insurance. This was odd, because
it would cost these low-income recruits $30 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 got da normal GI inshoranse an' you go to Iraq an' git yoself
kilt, da governmen' gonna pay you beneficiary $20,000.
If you take out da supplemental inshoranse, which cost
you only t'irty dollar a mont, den da governmen' gotta
pay you beneficiary $200,000."
"NOW," Boudreaux concluded,"which bunch you tink dey
gonna send ta Iraq furst?"
