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An elderly lady heard a knock at her door and, being the kind soul that she was, she opened it to see who it was. A young man was standing on her porch with a vacuum cleaner in his hands.

"Ma'am" said the young man, in a polite fashion, "I was wondering if I could have a minute of your time to show you the latest in home cleaning technology. This piece of equipment you see in my hands is the most powerful, most flexible vacuum cleaner in the world and I would love to get one in your hands this afternoon."

The elderly lady, as nice as she could be, told the young man "I would love to. But I don't have any money" and she proceeded to close the door.

The young man, persistent as all salesmen should be, wedged his foot in the door before it closed. He opened the door back up and threw a bucket of horse manure on the woman's carpet. "Ma'am", he said, "I am so confident that you will see the power of this vacuum and want one so bad that I will make this deal with you... If this vacuum doesn't pick up every last bit of that manure, I will eat whatever is left over."

Chuckling, the nice lady told the young man "I hope you brought a big appetite with that vacuum. They cut off my electricity this morning."

Persistence and confidence are good. Arrogance stinks like horse manure.