Country Boy Lands City Job

A keen country lad applied for a salesman's job at a city
departmentstore.
In fact it was the biggest store in the City.

"Have you ever been a salesman before?" said the store Manager.

"Yes, I was a salesman in the country," said the lad.

The boss liked the cut of him and said, "You can start tomorrow, and I'll
come and see you when we close up."

The day was long and arduous for the young man, but finally 5 o'clock
came around. The boss arrived and asked, "How many sales did you make
today?"

"One," said the young salesman.

"Only one?" blurted the boss. "Most of my staff make 20 or 30 sales a
day.
How much was the sale worth?"

"Seventy-eight thousand, three hundred and thirty-four dollars," said the
young man.

"How did you manage that?" asked the flabbergasted boss.

"Well" said the salesman, "This man came in, and I sold him a small fish
hook, then a medium hook and finally a really large hook. Then I sold him
a small fishing line, a medium one and a huge big one. I asked him where
he was going fishing, and he said down the coast. I said he would probably
need a boat, so I took him down to the boat department and sold him that
twenty-foot schooner with the twin engines. Then he said his Volkswagen
probably wouldn't be able to pullit, so I took him to the car department
and
sold him a new Suburban."

The boss took two steps back and asked in astonishment, "You sold all
that to a guy who came in for a fish hook?"

"No," answered the salesman. "Actually, he came in to buy a box of
tampons for his wife, and I said to him, 'Your weekend's shot. You may as
well go fishing!.'"