Good Salesman

[OCcaptain]

>A young guy from Mississippi moves to New York and goes to a big everything
>under one roof' department store looking for a job.
>
> The Manager asked, 'Do you have any sales experience?'
>
> The kid says 'Yeah. I was a salesman back in Mississippi.
>
> 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 sales people average 20 to 30 customers a
> day.
> How much was the sale for?'
>
> The kid says '$121,237.65'.
>
> The boss says '$121,237.65? What the hell 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 Boston Whaler.
> 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 x 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.

[whowantstoknow]

you got to watch out for those southern boys....you think you know what your in for and they screw your mind all up!!!!

and they cost you a fortune in the end !! Thanks for the laugh AL!

[captcl]

Very good Capt. Al!

[Capt. Terry]

Good One Capt. Al

[Cardinal Joe]

NICE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Cardinal Joe