Off Topic: Funny Sales Pitch Story

[Guest guest]

Can’t let Princess H.H. Peggy tell ALL the funnies! Anyway I

reckon there’s a good lesson in this one!

SGIO

A young Newfoundlander moves to

California and goes to a large 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 Newfoundland. "

Well, the boss liked the Newfie

kid (of course) so he gave him the job.

" You can 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 boss asked.

The kid says, " One. "

The boss replies: " Just one?

Our sales people average 20 to 30 sales a day. How much was the sale

for? "

The kid says:

" $101,237.64 "

The boss gasps, " $101.237.64?

What did you sell? "

The kid said: " 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 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 Sea-Ray. Then he said he didn't think his Honda Civic could

pull it, so I took him down to the automotive department and sold him that 4

x 4 Suburban. "

The boss said: " A guy came in

here to buy a fish hook and you sold him a boat and truck? "

The 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. "

[Guest guest]

;0 good one.. hee hee

Love and Prayers, Peggy

ipf 6/04

Worry looks around.

Sorry looks back,

Faith looks up.

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Can’t let Princess H.H. Peggy tell ALL the funnies! Anyway I reckon

there’s a good lesson in this one!

SGIO

A young Newfoundlander moves to California and goes to a large

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 Newfoundland. "

Well, the boss liked the Newfie kid (of course) so he gave him the job.

" You can 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 boss asked.

The kid says, " One. "

The boss replies: " Just one? Our sales people average 20 to 30 sales

a day. How much was the sale for? "

The kid says: " $101,237.64 "

The boss gasps, " $101.237.64? What did you sell? "

The kid said: " 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 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 Sea-

Ray. Then he said he didn't think his Honda Civic could pull it, so I

took him down to the automotive department and sold him that 4 x 4

Suburban. "

The boss said: " A guy came in here to buy a fish hook and you sold

him a boat and truck? "

The 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. "