A Country Boy Shows The Big Shots How Sales Are Made
There are some people who just have this unique ability to sell anything to anyone. It comes naturally for them and they sometimes say, they could sell snow to an Eskimo.
That is exactly what is happening in this joke, and it is one that will make you laugh from the deepest part of your belly. It involves a young man who moved and he needed a job.
When he got a sales job at the local store, they seemed to like him and what he might be able to bring to the sales force. Little did they know that he would have a huge, hilarious impact and we have the joke to prove it.
A young man from Minnesota moves to Florida and goes to a big “everything under one roof” department store looking for a job.
The manager asks, “Do you have any sales experience?”
The kid says, “Yeah. I was a salesman back in Minnesota.”
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 replies, “$101,237.65.”
The boss says, “$101,237.65? What the heck did you sell?”
The kid says, “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.”
The kid continued, “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 4×4 Expedition.”
The boss said, “A guy came in here to buy a fish hook and you sold him a BOAT and a TRUCK?”
The kid 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.“
