Young Man And Sales Tactics
A young man from Minnesota moves to Florida and goes to a big box store looking for a job.
The manager asks, “Do you have any sales experience?”
The kid says, “Yes. I was a salesman in Minnesota.”
The manager likes the boy and gives him the job. “You start tomorrow. I’ll come back after closing and see how you’re doing.”
His first day on the job was tough, but he got through it. After the store closed, the boss came in. “How many customers bought from you today?”
The boy said, “One.”
The boss said, “Only one? Our salesmen get an average of 20 to 30 customers a day. How much did you sell?”
The boy says, “$110,500.00.”
The boss says, “$110,500.00? What did you sell?”
The boy says, “First I sold him a small fishing hook, then I sold him a medium fishing rod, then I sold him a large fishing rod, then I sold him a new fishing rod.
The boy continued: “Then I asked him where he was going fishing and he said he was going to the beach, so I told him he needed a boat, so we went to the boat department and I sold him a Chris Craft with a twin engine. Then he said his Honda Civic wouldn’t tow him, so I took him to the automotive department and sold him a 4×4 Expedition.
The boss said, “A man came in to buy fishing rods and you sold him a BOAT and a TRUCK?”
The kid said, “No, the guy came in to buy a bumper for his wife and I said…”
“Dude, your weekend sucks, you should go fishing.”
They Say Men Don’t Listen To Women
A man asked his wife what she wanted for her 40th birthday.
“I’d like to be six again,” she replied.
On the morning of her birthday, he woke her up early and they went to a local amusement park.
What a day! He took her on every ride in the park: Death Slide, Scream Loop, Wall of Horror, everything! Wow!
Five hours later, dizzy and sick to his stomach, he staggered out of the amusement park.
They went straight to McDonald’s and her husband ordered her a Happy Meal with extra fries and a refreshing chocolate shake.
Then they went to the movies – it was the latest Disney movie and what an amazing adventure!
Finally, she returned home with her husband and collapsed on the bed.
Her husband leaned over and asked her affectionately: “So, honey, what was it like to be six years old again?”
The woman looked up wearily and said;
“You fool, I meant my dress size.”
The moral of the story is this:
If a woman speaks and a man is really listening, he will still misunderstand.