A young guy from Killarney moves to Sydney and goes to a big department
store looking for a job. The manager asks, "Do you have any sales
experience?" The kid, "Yeah, I was a salesman back home." Well, the
manager liked the kid, 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
manager came down. "How many sales did you make today?" The kid says,
"One." The manager groans, "Just one? Our sales people average 20 or 30
sales a day. How much was the sale for?" The kid says, "$101,237.64."
The manager exclaims, "$101,237.64? What did you sell him?" The kid,
"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 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 Cruise 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 Pajero." The manager
says, "You mean a guy came in here to buy a fish hook and you sold him a
boat and truck?!" The kid, "No no no, he came in here to buy a box of
tampons for his wife and I said, "Well, since your weekend's ruined, you
> might as well go fishing."