Texas Yellow Fever
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Another classic...
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?
The kid says, "$112,237.64."
The boss says, "$112,237.64?! What 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 could 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?"
The 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!
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?
The kid says, "$112,237.64."
The boss says, "$112,237.64?! What 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 could 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?"
The 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!
