A young guy from Michigan 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 vacuum salesman back in Michigan."
Well, the boss was unsure, but he liked the kid and figured he'd give him a shot, 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 to the sales floor.
"How many customers bought something from you today?" The kid frowns and looks at the floor and mutters, "One". The boss says "Just one?!!? Our sales people average sales from 20 to 30 customers a day. That will have to change, and soon, if you'd like to continue your employment here. We have very strict standards for our sales force here in Florida . One sale a day might have been acceptable in Michigan, but you're not on the farm anymore, son."
The kid took his beating, but continued to look at his shoes, so the boss felt kinda bad for chewing him out on his first day. He asked (semi-sarcastically), "So, how much was your one sale for?"
The kid looks up at his boss and says "$101,237.65".
The boss, astonished, says, "$101,237.65?!? What the heck did you sell?"
The kid says, "Well, first, I sold him some new fish hooks. Then I sold him a new fishing rod to go with his new hooks. 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 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 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.........'"
The Manager says, "Do you have any sales experience?" The kid says "Yeah. I was a vacuum salesman back in Michigan."
Well, the boss was unsure, but he liked the kid and figured he'd give him a shot, 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 to the sales floor.
"How many customers bought something from you today?" The kid frowns and looks at the floor and mutters, "One". The boss says "Just one?!!? Our sales people average sales from 20 to 30 customers a day. That will have to change, and soon, if you'd like to continue your employment here. We have very strict standards for our sales force here in Florida . One sale a day might have been acceptable in Michigan, but you're not on the farm anymore, son."
The kid took his beating, but continued to look at his shoes, so the boss felt kinda bad for chewing him out on his first day. He asked (semi-sarcastically), "So, how much was your one sale for?"
The kid looks up at his boss and says "$101,237.65".
The boss, astonished, says, "$101,237.65?!? What the heck did you sell?"
The kid says, "Well, first, I sold him some new fish hooks. Then I sold him a new fishing rod to go with his new hooks. 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 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 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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Morning funnies
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Birthdays on April 29th
1955 - Jerry Seinfeld
1951 - Dale Earnhardt
1952 - David Icke
1899 - Duke Ellington
1970 - Andre Agassi
1951 - Dale Earnhardt
1952 - David Icke
1899 - Duke Ellington
1970 - Andre Agassi
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Todays Funnies
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Blast from the Past
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This day in History
- Lead Story
- World War II monument opens in Washington, D.C., 2004
- American Revolution
- Nathanael Greene takes command of Long Island, 1776
- Automotive
- The end of the road for Oldsmobile, 2004
- Civil War
- Union captures New Orleans, 1862
- Cold War
- American statesmen deny Lattimore's influence, 1950
- Crime
- Rodney King trial verdict announced, 1992
- Disaster
- Cyclone kills 135,000 in Bangladesh, 1991
- General Interest
- Joan of Arc relieves Orleans, 1429
- First African-American college chartered, 1854
- Dachau liberated, 1945
- Riots erupt in Los Angeles, 1992
- Britain's Prince William weds Kate Middleton, 2011
- Hollywood
- Daniel Day-Lewis born, 1957
- Literary
- Henry James' Transatlantic Sketches is published, 1875
- Music
- Hair premieres on Broadway, 1968
- Old West
- William Randolph Hearst is born, 1863
- Presidential
- Nixon announces release of White House Watergate tapes, 1974
- Sports
- Roger Clemens strikes out 20 batters in single game, 1986
- Vietnam War
- U.S.-South Vietnamese forces launch Cambodian "incursion", 1970
- New casualty figures released., 1971
- Operation Frequent Wind begins, 1975
- World War I
- British forces surrender at Kut, Mesopotamia, 1916
- World War II
- Adolf and Eva marry, 1945
- International Military Tribunal indicts Hideki, 1946
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