Sale of the day
Nick
An Indian moves to Montreal and goes to a big
department store looking for a job.
The manager asks, "Do you have any sales
experience?"
The Indian says, "Yeah, I was a salesman back
home".
Well, the manager liked the young man, so he gave
him the job. "You start tomorrow. I'll come down after we close and
see
how you did, but let me give you a bit of advice. If a customer comes
looking,
say, for toothpaste, you
might suggest for him a toothbrush, or shaving
cream etc. You get the idea?"
"Of course," the young man said. His first day on
the job was rough but he
got through it.
After the store was locked up, the manager came
down. "How many sales did
you make today?
The Indian says, "One"
The manager groans, "Just one? Our sales people
average 20 or 30 sales/day.
How much was the sale for?"
The Indian says, "$101,237.64 "
The manager exclaims, "What? $101,237.64 ? What
did you sell him?"
The Indian replied, "First I sold him a small fish hook. 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 at 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 that 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 Pajero."
The manager says "You mean a guy came in here to buy a fish hook and
you
sold him a boat and truck?!"
The Indian says, "No, no, no, he came in here to buy a box of Kotex
for his wife and I say since your weekend's already screwed up you
might as well
go fishing."