A Great Marketing Idea

 

 

 

We Apologize

 

 "Ladies and gentlemen,” announced the senior flight attendant on the Irish Airlines flight to New York, “I'm so very sorry, but it appears that there has been a terrible mix-up. One minute prior to take-off, our catering service delivered the meals for today’s flight. I don't know how this has happened, but we have 103 passengers on board and unfortunately, we received only 40 dinner meals. I truly apologize for this mistake and inconvenience.” 

When the passengers' muttering had died down, she continued, "Anyone who is kind enough to give up their meal so that someone else can eat will receive free, unlimited drinks for the duration of our 6-hour flight.”

Her next announcement came about 2 hours later.  "If anyone would like to change their minds, we still have 40 dinners available."

 

 

What To Do?

 

A woman was trying to think of a way to get a new home for her dog. She was moving and couldn’t take the dog with her. Her problem was that while she loved her pet, he was, to say the least, a most unattractive animal. After a lot of thought, she came up with a winning idea. 

Here is her ad:

Dog For Sale. Free to good home. Excellent guard dog. Owner cannot afford to feed Jethro anymore, as there are no more drug pushers, thieves, murderers or molesters left in Hood for him to eat. Most of them knew Jethro only by his Chinese street name, Ho Lee Schitt.

 

 

Getting Even

 

Sam had been with the company for 40 years. When he retired, they gave him a watch (not a Rolex… a Timex). Three weeks later, the main machine stopped running and nobody could figure out what the problem was, so they called Sam.

He came in the next day and walked around the machine. “Got a big hammer?” he asked. The new “tech” ran to get the biggest one he could find. Sam smacked a bolt on the left side of the machine and it started right up.

When the company got his bill, it was for $10,000 and the company president was furious. He called Sam, “You took ten minutes and you charged us ten thousand dollars? Nobody charges that much an hour!”

Sam replied, “Actually, I only charged you ten bucks for the labor, but it cost you $9,990 for me to figure out which bolt to smack.”

 

 

The Sky is Falling

 

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