The New Salesman

The New Salesman

A young man from Texas moved to California and went to a big "everything under one roof" store looking for a job.

The manager asked him, "Do you have any sales experience?"

The man replied, "Yeah, I was a salesman back home in Texas."

Well, the boss 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."

The Salesman's first day on the job was rough but he got through it. After the store was locked up, the boss came down to see him.

"How many sales did you make today?"

"One."

The boss asked, "Just one? Our sales people average 20 or 30 sales a day. How much was the sale for?"

"$101,237.64."

"$101,237.64? What the hell did you sell?"

The Salesman said, "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 coast, so I told him he was gonna 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 Blazer."

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

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