The Salesman

A young Indian guy moves to Montreal and goes to a big department store looking for a job. The manager asks, “Do you have any sales experience?”

The kid, “Yeah, I was a salesman back home”. Well, the manager liked the young man, so he gave him the job. “You start tomorrow. I’ll come down after we close and see how you did, but let me give you a bit of advice. If a customer comes looking, say, for toothpaste, you might suggest for him a toothbrush, or shaving cream etc. you get the idea?” “Of course,” the young man said.

His first day on the job was rough but he got through it. After the store was locked up, the manager came down. “How many sales did you make today?

The kid says, “One”

The manager groans, “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 manager exclaims, “What? $ 101,237.64? What did you sell him?”

The kid, “First I sold him a small fish hook. Then I soldhim 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 at 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 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 Pajero.”

The manager says “You mean a guy came in here to buy a fish hook and you sold him a boat and truck?!”

The kid, “No, no, no, he came in here to buy a box of Kotex for his wife and I said, “Well, since your weekend’s already screwed up,you might as well go fishing.”

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8 Responses to The Salesman

  1. earl-ku November 11, 2006 at 7:24 pm #

    hahaha nice one for the weekend huh …hahaha

  2. Lamus November 11, 2006 at 10:04 pm #

    Retractable pen fishing rod

    In the end, the man with the most gadgets wins.

  3. James November 12, 2006 at 12:08 am #

    Ha ha good one. Hope he didn’t accept a cheque.

  4. Adam November 12, 2006 at 12:24 am #

    Good one. That guy is one hell of a salesman. I predict that he will end up as the owner of the department store few years down the line.

  5. hacker November 12, 2006 at 12:40 pm #

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  6. Applegal November 12, 2006 at 10:21 pm #

    I laughed out loud, good one!

  7. Joel What November 13, 2006 at 2:53 am #

    Any joke involving periods is funny! 😀

  8. Intensecure November 13, 2006 at 11:36 am #

    @joel – “Any joke involving periods is funny! :D”

    You can tell that you’re not married! 😉

 
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