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Boudreaux applied for an engineering position at a St.

James Parish 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 Boudreaux and said: “Thank you for

your interest, but we’ve decided to give the Yankee the job.”

Boudreaux 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.”

Boudreaux then asked: “And just how would one incorrect

answer be better than the other?”

The manager replied: “Boudreaux its like this, on question

#4 theYankee put down; “I don’t know”

You put down, “Neither do I”