Wave Maker: One Smart Young Fella

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Friday, February 03, 2006

One Smart Young Fella

Fresh in from Oklahoma, a young fellow goes to one of California's "everything under one roof" department store looking for a job. Asked if he has any sales experience, the kid says, "Yeah, I was a salesman back home in Oklahoma."

Well, the boss liked the cut of his jib, so to speak, and hired him.

At the end of his first day on the job, the boss came down to check on the boy.

"How many sales did you make today?"

"One," the kid says.

"Just one? Our sales people average 20 or 30 sales a day. You're going to have to improve considerably or look for another job! How much was the sale for?"

"A Hunnerd and twelve thousand dollars and thirty-two cents," the kid beams.

"Holy cow!! What the heck did you sell?"

The kid explains, "First I sold him a small fish hook. Then I sold him a medium fish hook. Then I sold him a larger fish hook. Then I sold him a new fishing rod. Then I asked him where he was going fishing and he said down at the lake, so I told him he was gonna need a boat, so we went down to the boat department and I sold him a new bass boat. 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 new Ford pick-up. I asked him how long he was going to be out at the lake and after he said 5 or 6 days I took him down to the RV department and sold him a slide-in camper for the truck."

The boss is impressed. "A guy came in here to buy a fish hook and you sold him a boat, a truck and a camper?"

"No," the boy says, "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."

Ba-da-bum.

Posted by: Wave Maker / 11:28 AM/ |