salesman of the year

[rainbabies]

A young guy from Texas moves to California and goes to a big "Everything
>under one roof" department store looking for a job.
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>The manager says, "Do you have any sales experience?" The kid says,
>"Yeah, I was a salesman back home in Texas."
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>Well, the boss liked the kid so he gave him the job. "You start
>tomorrow.
>I'll come down after we close and see how you did."
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>His first day on the job was rough but he got through it.
>After the store was locked up, the boss came down.
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>"How many sales did you make today?"
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>The kid says, "One."
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>The boss says, "Just one? Our sales people average 20 or 30 sales a day.
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>How much was the sale for?"
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>The kid says, "$101,237.64."
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>The boss says, "$101,237.64? What the hell did you sell?"
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>Kid says, "First I sold him a small fish hook.
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>"Then I sold him a medium fish hook.
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>"Then I sold him a larger fish hook.
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>"Then I sold him a new fishing rod.
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>"Then I asked him where he was going fishing" and he said, "Down at the
>coast." 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.
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>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 Blazer.
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>The boss said, "A guy came in here to buy a fish hook and you sold him a
>boat and truck?"
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>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."