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From: chris@pyuxc.UUCP (R. Hollenbeck)
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Subject: Re: AMWAY
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Date: Fri, 13-Sep-85 09:09:58 EDT
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Long ago, in my long-haired hippy days, a friend
(also a long-haired hippy) and I attended a
sales/recruiting meeting for Bestline products,
which was very similar to what I understand
AMWAY to be.

They started out with an introduction to the
company.  Then, various sales people began
"testifying" about how selling Bestline
had changed their lives.  I don't know
what their lives were like before, but
to hear them tell it, they were all
really losers until they started selling
Zif (Bestline's big seller, sort of a low-budget
Fantastik).  Anyway, their lives didn't seem
much better AFTER Bestline either - they
all wore tacky suits/dresses, and they
all drove, or aspired to drive,
Continental Mark IV's.
And, of course, there was a really heavy
message of salvation through Bestline.

The tone of the meeting was a cross
between Alcoholics Anonymous, Fundamentalist
Christians, and est.

Naturally, my friend and I didn't fit in
and were damned proud of it.