A young guy from North Dakota moves to
Florida 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 vacuum salesman back in North Dakota."
Well,
the boss was unsure, but he liked the kid and figured he'd give him a shot,
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 to the sales floor.
"How
many customers bought something from you today?" The kid frowns and
looks at the floor and mutters, "One". The boss says "Just
one?!!? Our sales people average sales to 20 to 30 customers a day.
That
will have to change, and soon, if you'd like to continue your employment
here. We have very strict standards for our sales force here in Florida.
One sale a day might have been acceptable in North Dakota, but you're not
on the farm anymore, son."
The kid took his beating, but continued
to look at his shoes, so the boss felt kinda bad for chewing him out on his
first day. He asked (semi-sarcastically), "So, how much was your one
sale for?"
The
kid looks up at his boss and says "$101,237.65".
The
boss, astonished, says $101,237.65?!? What the heck did you sell?"
The
kid says, "Well, first, I sold him some new fish hooks. Then I sold
him a new fishing rod to go with his new hooks. 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
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