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a good salesman
savage170
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Subject: 1st day on the job
> A young guy from Texas moves to New York and goes to a big
> everything under one roof' department store looking for
> a job.
> The Manager says, 'Do you have any sales
> experience?'
> The kid says 'Yeah. I was a salesman back in
> Texas '
> 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 the store was locked up, the boss came
> down.
> How many customers bought something from you today?
> The kid says 'one'.
> The boss says 'Just one? Ou r sales people average 20
> to 30 customers a day.
> 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 fishhook. Then I
> sold him a medium Fishhook. Then I sold him a larger
> fishhook. Then I sold him a new fishing Rod. Then I asked
> him where he was going fishing and he said down 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 a 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 Expedition.'
> The boss said, 'A guy came in here to buy a fish hook
> and you sold him a BOAT and a TRUCK?'
> The kid said 'No, the guy came in here to buy Tampons
> for his wife, and I said, 'Dude, your weekend's shot,
> you should go fishing.
> A young guy from Texas moves to New York and goes to a big
> everything under one roof' department store looking for
> a job.
> The Manager says, 'Do you have any sales
> experience?'
> The kid says 'Yeah. I was a salesman back in
> Texas '
> 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 the store was locked up, the boss came
> down.
> How many customers bought something from you today?
> The kid says 'one'.
> The boss says 'Just one? Ou r sales people average 20
> to 30 customers a day.
> 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 fishhook. Then I
> sold him a medium Fishhook. Then I sold him a larger
> fishhook. Then I sold him a new fishing Rod. Then I asked
> him where he was going fishing and he said down 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 a 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 Expedition.'
> The boss said, 'A guy came in here to buy a fish hook
> and you sold him a BOAT and a TRUCK?'
> The kid said 'No, the guy came in here to buy Tampons
> for his wife, and I said, 'Dude, your weekend's shot,
> you should go fishing.