Salesman

A keen country lad applied for a salesman's job at a city department store. It was one of those massive stores that had every department imaginable you could get everything 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.

When the boss looked up the young man the next day at closing time, he saw him shaking hands with a beaming customer. After they parted, he walked over and asked, Well that looked good! How many sales did you make today? That was the only one said the young salesman. Only one!!!! blurted the boss.

Most of my staff make 20 or 30 sales a day. You‚ll have to do better than that! Well how much was the sale worth? Two hundred and twenty seven thousand, three hundred and thirty four dollars, and change, said the young man.

The boss paused for a moment, blinking a few times. H..H How did you manage that?

Well when he came in this morning I sold him a small fish hook. Then I sold him a medium hook and then a really large hook. Then I sold him a small fishing line, a medium one, and then a big one. I then sold him a speargun, a wetsuit, scuba gear, nets, chum, coolers and a keg of beer. I asked him where he was going fishing and he said down the coast. We decided he would probably need a new boat, so I took him to the relevant area and sold him that twenty foot schooner with the twin engines. Then, he said that his Volkswagon probably wouldn‚t be able to pull it, so I took him to another department and sold him the new Deluxe Cruiser, with a winch, storage rack, rustproofing and a built-in refrigerator. Oh and floor mats. 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 blanket.

A blanket? Yeah, an extra blanket for the couch. He just had a fight with his wife. I said to him. Well your weekend's ruined, so you may as well go fishing