A young
farm boy from Saskatchewan moved
to Vancouver Island and went
to a huge "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 in Saskatchewan
.'
Well, the boss liked the kid and 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 customers bought something from you today?'
The kid says
'one'.
The boss says, 'Just one? Our salespeople average 20
to
30 customers a day. How much was the sale for?'
The kid
says, '$101,237.65.'
The boss says, '$101,237.65! What the
heck did you sell?'
The kid says, 'First, I sold him a small
fishhook.
Then I sold him a medium fishhook.
Then I sold him a
larger fishhook.
Then I sold him a new fishing rod.
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 Ford
Expedition.'
The boss said, 'You mean to tell me that a guy came in
here to buy a
fish hook and you sold him a BOAT and a
TRUCK?'
The Saskatchewan farm boy 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!'