The Salesman
Posted by kim on Wednesday, June 12, 2013 Under: Smart & Logic
The salesman:A young guy from South Dakota moves to Florida and goes to a big "everythingunder one roof" department store looking for a job.The Manager says, "Do you have any sales experience?" The kid says "Yeah. Iwas a vacuum salesman back in South Dakota ."Well, the boss was unsure, but he liked the kid and figured he'd give him ashot, 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 storewas locked up, the boss came down to the sales floor."How many customers bought something from you today?" The kid frowns andlooks at the floor and mutters, "One". The boss says "Just one?!!? Our salespeople average sales to 20 to 30 customers a day.That will have to change, and soon, if you'd like to continue youremployment here. We have very strict standards for our sales force here inFlorida . One sale a day might have been acceptable in South Dakota , butyou're not on the farm anymore, son."The kid took his beating, but continued to look at his shoes, so the bossfelt 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 hima new fishing rod to go with his new hooks. Then I asked him where he wasgoing fishing and he said down the coast, so I told him he was going to needa boat, so we went down to the boat department and I sold him a twin engineChris Craft. Then he said he didn't think his Honda Civic would pull it, soI took him down to the automotive department and sold him that 4x4Expedition."The boss said "A guy came in here to buy a fish hook and you sold him a boatand a TRUCK!?" The kid said "No, the guy came in here to buy tampons for hiswife, and I said, 'Dude, your weekend's shot, you should go fishing.......
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