Salesmanship
>
> 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?"
>
> Kid says, "One."
>
> The boss says, "Just one? Our sales people average 20 or 30 sales a day.
> How much was the sale for?"
>
> The 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
> 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
> 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."