Written by Andy | 21 March 2011

Roscoe Ellis/FlickrJeff Sudby, an agent for Primeristar Financial and Insurance in Mobile, Alabama, related the failures of his NCAA tournament bracket entry in this year's office pool to the company's mediocre 1st quarter performance statistics during a Monday sales meeting.

"Well, Keith (McMahann), our district sales manager, was reviewing our disappointing first quarter numbers and asked if anyone had some good ideas for better customer retention, so Jeff goes off on a tangent about how all the planning and research in the world may not produce the desired results," said Steve Linder, a Financial Services Representative. "He had some line about not expecting Pittsburgh to get bounced in the second round on a stupid foul, much like our unexplained 35-percent decrease in mutual fund investment revenue. He continued by saying that no one in their right mind could have seen VCU topping both Georgetown and Purdue, so we shouldn't get all bent out of shape if an unusually large number of clients are cashing out insurance policies because they can no longer afford to pay the premiums."

A review of the company's stable investment options that have consistently produced earnings year after year prompted Sudby to mutter something about picking against Duke before angrily storming out of the conference room.

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