Jokes supplied by Liz Kelley,

a very nice lady and special friend of the author

Hi hon,

here is one about outstanding salesmanship...

A keen and eager young salesman applied for a job at the World's Largest Department Store. In fact it was the biggest store ever operated and you could get anything there.

The boss liked the way this young man spoke, the way he looked. He felt the young man was certainly worth a try. The boss did not have too much hope, as this fellow had neither college nor other degrees to show.

The first day of work was a long one for the young man. The boss returned to check on the new salesman by five and asked, "How many sales did you make?" "One!" said the young salesman. "Only one?" blurted the boss, "most of my salesman make 15 to 30 sales a day." Before canning the young fellow he still asked, "How much was the sale for?"

"Three hundred thousand three hundred thirty-three dollars and thirty-three cents." The young man answered and surprised the boss. "How did you manage this?" The flabbergasted boss asked.

"Well," said the salesman, "this man came in and I sold him a small fishhook, then a medium hook, a bigger hook and a real big hook. I asked him where he was going fishing and he said down the coast. I said he would probably need a boat, so I took him down to the boat department and sold him that forty-foot sloop with twin engines. Then he said his Mercedes probably wouldn't be able to pull it, so I took him over to the truck department and sold him one of those nice custom trucks with a sleeper and duals and a big diesel engine and custom hitches and stabilizers and lots of chrome."

The boss took two steps back and asked in astonishment "You sold all that to a guy who came in for a fishhook?"

"No!" answered the salesman, "He came in to buy a box of Tampons for his wife and I said to him: 'Your weekend is fucked, you may as well go fishing!' Yes that's what I said."

Liz

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07/09/07