July 29, 2005
The art of selling…
Since Tracy couldn’t find a job right away as a photographer, she went to a big “everything-under-one-roof” department store and applied for a
job as a sales clerk.
The manager says, “Do you have any sales experience?”
Tracy says “Yeah, I did sales back home in Colorado.”
Well, the boss liked Tracy’s attitude so he gave her the job. “You start tomorrow, I’ll come down after we close and see how you did.”
Her first day on the job was rough but she got through it. After the store was locked up, the boss came down, “How many sales did you make today?”
Tracy replies, “One.”
The boss says, “Just one?!! Our sales people average 20 to 30 sales a day! How much was the sale for?”
Tracy says ” $101,237.64.”
The boss says, “$101,23764? WHAT THE HELL DID YOU SELL?”
Tracy explained, “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 on the lake, so I told him he was gonna need a boat, so we went down to the boat department and I sold him that 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 4×4 Expedition.”
The boss said, “A guy came in here to buy a fish hook and you sold him a BOAT AND A TRUCK??”
Tracy says, “Well no, he came in here looking for a box of tampons for his wife and I said, “Well, your weekend’s shot, you might as well go fishing..”
