The Texas Salesman
A young guy from Texas moves to California and goes to a
big department store looking for a job. The manager says,
"Do you have any sales experience?"
The kid says, "Yeah, I was a salesman back home in Texas."
Well, the boss liked the kid so he gave him the job. "You
start tomorrow. I'll come down after we close and see how
you did."
His first day on the job was rough but he got through it.
After the store was locked up, the boss came down. "How
many sales did you make today?"
Kid says, "One."
The boss says, "Just one? Our sales people average 20 or 30
sales a day. How much was the sale for?"
Kid says, "$101,237.64."
Boss says, "$101,237.64? What in the world did you sell?"
Kid says, "First I sold this guy a small fish hook. Then I
sold him a medium fish hook. Then I sold him a larger fish
hook. Then I sold him a new fishing rod. Then I asked him
where he was going fishing and he said down at the coast,
so I told him he was going to need a boat, so we went down to
the boat department and I sold him that twin engine Chris
Craft. Then he said he didn't think his Honda Civic would
pull it, so I took him down to the automotive department
and sold him that 4X4 Blazer."
The boss said, "A guy came in here to buy a fish hook and
you sold him boat and truck?"
Kid says, "No, he came in here to buy a box of tampons for
his wife and I said, 'Well, your weekend's shot, you might
as well go fishing.'"
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