You have probably seen an ad in a current series being run on behalf of
the Century 21 franchise. The series is promoting how hard their agents
work for each and every client and, while a bit sappy in this reporters
mind, are probably pretty effective.
The specific ad we are
addressing here is one in which a young woman, presumably a single parent,
is thanking her agent for "not giving up." While the real estate agent
fusses over the clients small child the client talks about her limited
budget and how hard the agent worked to find a house she could afford. "You
must," she exclaims, "have shown me 20 houses."
The agent ducks her
head modestly and says, "Well, it was more like 34."
Well 34 is a
lot of houses and...
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