> A young guy from Texas moved to California and went 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 the hell did you sell?"
>
> 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, your weekend's shot, you might as well
go
>fishing.'" >>
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 the hell did you sell?"
>
> 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, your weekend's shot, you might as well
go
>fishing.'" >>
