A young guy from Minnesota moves to Florida 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 in Minnesota.”
Well, 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 to see him. “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, “$101,237.65.”
The boss says, “$101,237.65? What the heck did you sell him?”
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. 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? Is that right?”
The kid answered
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And a version of the joke from Ilya:
A keen country lad applied for a salesman’s job at a city department
store. In fact it was the biggest store in the area–you could get
anything there.
The boss asked him, “Have you ever been a salesman before?”
“Yes, I was a salesman in the country,” said the lad.
The boss liked the cut of him and said, “You can start tomorrow and
I’ll come and see you when we close up.”
The day was long and arduous for the young man, but finally 5 o’clock
came around. The boss arrived and asked, “How many sales did you make
today?”
“One,” said the young salesman.
“Only one?” blurted the boss. “Most of my staff make 20 or 30 sales a
day. How much was the sale worth?”
“Thirty-eight thousand, three hundred and thirty-four dollars,” said
the young man.
“How did you manage that?” asked the flabbergasted boss.
“Well,” said the salesman, “This man came in and I sold him a small
fish hook, then a medium hook and finally a really large hook. Then I
sold him a small fishing line, a medium one and a huge big one. I
asked him where he was going fishing and he said down the coast. I
said he would probably need a boat, so I took him down to the boat
department and sold him that twenty foot schooner with the twin
engines. Then he said his Volkswagen probably wouldn’t be able to pull
it, so I took him to the car department and sold him a new SUV.”
The boss took two steps back and asked in astonishment, “You sold all
that to a guy who came in for a fish hook?”
“No,” answered the salesman. “He came in to buy a box of Tampons for
his wife and I said to him, ‘Your weekend’s shot, you may as well go
fishing.'”