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Wednesday, May 02, 2007

Everyone's A Joker

Imagine what a better world it would be if people would just lighten up. It works for traffic school. Suppose checkout clerks at the supermarkets kept people howling as they rang up groceries. "You're buying a quart of milk, a loaf of rye bread, and a large jar of peanut butter, ma'am. You must be single." "How could you tell?" "You're butt ugly." Ba da boom. Instead of the usual scowl, you'ld get comedy routines from the bank teller. "That's fifteen bucks in additional fees. And don't say anything or everyone else in line is going to want to pay that much too." You call Southwest Airlines to find out if your mother-in-law's plane is on time and the person at the other end says, "and thank you for calling Southwest, but on the other hand, why the heck would you call United, it's not their flight that's an hour late."

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Richard Branson tried this when he launched Virgin Blue onto the Australian market. Passengers were greeted by joke-cracking flight and cabin crew with a fresh light and slightly conspiratorial attitude toward the competition. It worked. Everyone jumped on board despite the competition's sniggering about cheap service. It takes ingenuity and a different take on life to pull it off.

3:44 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Excellent cartoon, John C. Well thought out. Love it.

Great commentary as always.

8:20 PM  

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