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Posted by ukcatfannfl (Member # 1425) on 05-28-2023, 08:32 PM:

A young guy from Idaho 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 Idaho."

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 Idaho,

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 hooks. 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

Posted by Tiptree (Member # 844) on 05-29-2023, 12:18 PM:

[Big Grin]