> 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?"
>
> The 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 did you sell him?"
>
> Kid says, "First I sold him 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 gonna 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 a
> boat and truck?"
>
> Kid says, "No, he came in here to buy a box of tampons for his wife, and I
> said, 'Well, since your weekend's shot, you might as well go
> fishing.'"
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