GRAMPS SS
04-20-2007, 05:47 PM
A young man from Minnesota moves to Florida and goes to a big"everything under one roof" department store looking for a job. TheManager says, "Do you have any sales experience?" The kid says "Yeah. Iwas a salesman back in Minnesota."Well, the boss liked the kid and 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 thestore was locked up, the boss came down. "How many customers boughtsomething from you today?The kid says "One".The boss says "Just One? Our sales people average 20 to 30 customers aday. How much was the sale for?" The kid says "$101,237.65".The boss says "$101,237.65? What the heck did you sell?"The kid says, "First, I sold him a small fish hook. Then I sold him amedium fishhook. Then I sold him a larger fishhook. Then I sold him anew fishing rod. Then I asked him where he was going fishing and he saiddown the coast, so I told him he was going to need a boat, so we wentdown to the boat department and I sold him a twin engine Chris Craft.Then he said he didn't think his Honda Civic would pull it, so I tookhim down to the automotive department and sold him that 4x4 Expedition."The boss said, "A guy came in here to buy a fish hook and you sold him aBOAT and a TRUCK?"The kid said "No, the guy came in here to buy Tampons for his wife, andI said, 'Dude, your weekend's shot, you should go fishing.' "