They say a great salesman can sell anything, anywhere, any time. And 27-year-old Jonathan Niederer of Biddeford, Maine, proves the point.
He hawks bananas and other snacks to road-weary travelers at the southbound service plaza on I-95 in Kennebunk.
Niederer has developed sales techniques that you just have to see and hear to believe.
Not surprisingly, he sells more bananas that any other cashier. Using a captivating combination of soft singing and jazz hands, he reels in customers.
What is surprising is that Niederer is going to college full-time to be a computer technician.
It's hard to imagine him spending his days in front of a screen instead of people.
"After much trial and error, I found out if you didn't fit your sales pitch into just under six seconds, people would walk right by," said Niederer.
Maine
The latest news from around the state
If ever there was a natural pitchman, it's "Banana Man."
