If you're in sales, you want this kid working for you:

A young Newfoundlander moves to California and goes a big mega-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 Newfoundland 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, a little irate, says "Just one? Our sales people average 20 to 30 sales a day. How much was the sale for?" The kid says, $101,237.64." "$101,237.64! What did you sell?" "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 boat, so we went down to the boat department and I sold him a twin engine Sea Ray. 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 4 x 4 Suburban." The boss says, "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". He was made Director of Sales on the spot.

-TD

 

Got a good laugh out of that one!

 

Oh thats funny.

 

haha nice. I need to find this guy so he can sucker my dad like that, lol.

 

LMAO! That's a good one... I wish I had a dad w/ enough $$$ to be able to fall for a sales gig like that. Kudos to the Newfoundland kid. I need a job like that.

Ryan

 

My dad is a salesman and gets the biggest kick out of hearing that joke.

 

Thats good.. but that's the reason I don't like going to stores with salesmen .

 

I like the stores where there are knowledgeable people working there.

 

Yes, knowledgeable, but not pushy. I like 'em to sort of hover in the background and be ready to step in when it's it's obvious I can't find what I need, or to answer questions.

Here's another one, not salesman-related this time but what the heck:

The Night Watchman

Once upon a time the government had a vast scrap
yard in the middle of a desert. Congress said someone
might steal from it at night, so they created a night
watchman, GS-4 position, and hired a person for the job.


Then Congress said, "How does the watchman do his
job without instruction?" So they created a planning
position and hired two people; one person to write the
instructions (GS-12) and one to do time studies(GS-11).


Then Congress said, "How will we know the night
watchman is doing the tasks correctly?" So they
created a Q. C. position and hired two people; one
(GS-9) to do the studies and one (GS-11) to write the
reports.


Then Congress said, "How are these people going to
get paid?" So they created the following positions; a
timekeeper (GS-09) and a payroll officer (GS-11).


Then Congress said, "Who will be accountable for all of
these people?" So they created an administrative
position and hired three people; an Admin. Officer
(GM-13), Assistant Admin. Officer (GS-12), and a Legal
Secretary (GS-08).


Then Congress said, "We have had this command in
operation for one year and we are $280,000 over budget,
we must cutback overall cost."


So they laid off the night watchman.

-TD

 

Haha...Good one Tiger, I've heard it before, but still funny.