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• OLDIE BUT GOODIE: When Opportunity meets Preparation.

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  Laurent J.V. Dubois    Group moderator

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  OLDIE BUT GOODIE: When Opportunity meets Preparation.

  A young guy from Texas moves to California and goes to a big 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 Texas.."
  
  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.
  How much was the sale for?"
  
  The kid says, "$101,237.64."
  
  The boss says, "$101,237.64? What the hell 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 coast, so I told him he was gonna need a boat, so we went
  down to the boat department and I sold him that 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 4X4 Blazer."
  
  The boss said, "A guy came in here to buy a fish hook and you sold him a
  boat and truck?"
  
  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.'
  
  ( Copy & Past of a Abderrahmane Guellil's contribution, member of our sales.eu.org community )
  
  • 02 Apr 2010, 12:21 pm
  Laurent J.V. Dubois wrote: > A young guy from Texas moves to California and goes to a big > 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 Texas.." > > 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. > How much was the sale for?" > > The kid says, "$101,237.64." > > The boss says, "$101,237.64? What the hell 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 coast, so I told him he was gonna need a boat, so we went > down to the boat department and I sold him that 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 4X4 Blazer." > > The boss said, "A guy came in here to buy a fish hook and you sold > him a > boat and truck?" > > 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.' > > ( Copy & Past of a Abderrahmane Guellil's contribution, member of our > sales.eu.org community )