Salesmen

[Mark Feit]

A young guy from Oklahoma moves to California 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 salesman back home in Oklahoma."  Well, the boss liked
the kid 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.  "How many sales did you make
today?"  The kid says, "One."

The boss says, "Just one? Our sales people average 20 or 30 sales a
day.  You're going to have to improve considerably or look for another
job! How much was the sale for?"  The kid says, "$112,237.64."  The
boss says, "$112,237.64?! What the hell did you sell?!"

Kid says, "First I sold him a small fish hook. Then I sold him a
medium fish hook. Then I sold him a larger fish hook. Then I sold him
a new fishing rod.  Then I asked him where he was going fishing and he
said down at the lake, so I told him he was gonna need a boat, so we
went down to the boat department and I sold him a new bass boat. 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 new Ford
pick-up. I asked him how long he was going to be out at the lake and
after he said 5 or 6 days I took him down to the RV department and
sold him a slide-in camper for the truck."

The boss said, "A guy came in here to buy a fish hook and you sold him
a boat, a truck and a camper?"

Kid says, "No, he came in here to buy a box of tampons for his wife
and I said, 'Well, your weekend's shot, you might as well go
fishing.'"