The Salesman

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A young guy from West Virginia 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 West Virginia."

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 up 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 West Virginia, but you're not in West 
Virginia anymore, son."

The kid took his beating but continued to look at his shoes, and 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 wasgoing 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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