Boudreau Applies For A Job


Boudreau applied for an engineering position at a St. James
Parish, Louisiana, Refinery.

A Yankee applied for the same job and both applicants having
the same qualifications were asked to take a test by the manager.

Upon completion of the test, both men only missed one of the
questions. The manager went to Boudreau and said: "Thank you
for your interest, but we've decided to give the Yankee the job."

Boudreau asked: "And why are you giving him the job?  We both
got nine questions correct. This being Louisiana, and me being
a Cajun I should get the job!"

The manager said: "We have made our decision not on the correct
answers, but rather on the one question that you both missed."

Boudreau then asked: "And just how would one incorrect answer
be better than the other?"

The manager replied: "Boudreau its like this, on question #4,
the Yankee put down; "I don't know" and you put down, "Neither do I"