Best fishing story
>> 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 ***** 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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