Lifeboat

Actors: 5
Reference: I Peter 3:15-16
Notes: If you like props, a pamphlet to wave, and/or a sandwich board for the Salesman to wear labeled "Lifeboat Tickets" would be good.

Synopsis

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On board the Titanic, a struggling salesman is attempting to give free lifeboat tickets to boarding passengers. The first passenger is insulting - who needs a lifeboat ticket on an unsinkable ship? The salesman is insulting right back - and continues to insult the next hapless passenger with visions of fire and brimstone (or water and ice as the case may be!) This passenger, of course, already has her ticket, and is quite annoyed with the salesman who sheepishly tries to apologize. The next passenger is from 3rd class, and the salesman won't even give her the time of day. The final passenger is interested, but would like to know exactly why they need lifeboats on the Titanic. The salesman is painfully clueless - all he can come up with is that "the safety manual says so." The passenger doesn't find a dusty old manual a good reason, and goes off without his ticket as well. Confused with his failure, the salesman blows in his hand, checks his fly, etc. or clues until he finds a piece of food stuck in his teeth. Surely this was the reason for his lack of success! Encouraged, he goes back to hawking tickets.