Life and fishing

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Subject: North Dakota salesman

>

> A young guy from North Dakota 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 North Dakota ."

> 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 down. "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?"

> The 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 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 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 Expedition."

>

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

> him a BOAT and a TRUCK?"

>

> The kid said, "No the guy came in here to buy Tampons for his wife

> and I said, 'Dude, your weekend's shot - you should go fishing.'

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