A salesman was chatting with the owner of a motel."Business is terrible," said the motel owner. 'Really bad.""But every time I drive by here you have the 'no vacancy¹' sign on. " said the salesman.

"That's true," replied the motel owner. "But I used to turn away 30 to 35 people a night. Now, I only turn away ten to 15." 一个商人在和汽车旅馆的主人闲聊。“生意大糟了，”旅馆主人说，“真的太糟了。

“可是每次我驾车经过这儿，你都挂上了‘客满’的牌子，”商人就。

“那倒是真的。”旅馆主人答道，“可是过去我一夜就谢绝三十至三十五人，而如今只能谢绝十至十五人。”