Consider this first - the next time you want

[Abigail]

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 hook. 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.........'"

[Thomas Loy Bumgarner]

wish I had such a job ;) :D :lol: