Johnny Goes To Department Store Looking For A Job.

A young guy from West Virginia moves to Florida and goes to a big โ€œeverything under one roofโ€ department store looking for a job.
The Manager says, โ€œDo you have any sales experience?โ€
The kid says โ€œYeah. I was a vacuum salesman back in West Virginia.โ€
Well, the boss was unsure, but he liked the kid and figured heโ€™d give him a shot, so he gave him the job. โ€œYou start tomorrow. Iโ€™ll come down after we close and see how you did.โ€
His first day on the job was rough, but he got through it. After the store was locked up, the boss came down to the sales floor.
โ€œHow many customers bought something from you today?โ€
The kid frowns and looks at the floor and mutters, โ€œOneโ€.
The boss says โ€œjust one?!!? Our sales people average 20 to 30 customers a day. That will have to change, and soon, if youโ€™d like to continue your employment here. We have very strict standards for our sales force here in Florida . One sale a day might have been acceptable in West Virginia , but youโ€™re not in the mines anymore, son.โ€
The kid took his beating, but continued to look at his shoes, so the boss felt kinda bad for chewing him out on his first day. He asked (semi-sarcastically), โ€œSo, how much was your one sale for?โ€
The kid looks up at his boss and says โ€œ$101,237.65โ€ณ.
The boss, astonished, says โ€œ$101,237.65?!? What the heck did you sell?โ€
The kid says, โ€œWell, first, I sold him some new fish hooks. Then I sold him a new fishing rod to go with his new hooks. Then I asked him where he was going fishing and he said down the coast, so I told him he was going to need a boat, so we went down to the boat department and I sold him a twin engine Chris Craft. Then he said he didnโ€™t think his Honda Civic would pull it, so I took him down to the automotive department and sold him that 4ร—4 Expedition.โ€
The boss said โ€œA guy came in here to buy a fish hook and you sold him a boat and a TRUCK!?โ€
The kid said โ€œNo, the guy came in here to buy tampons for his wife, and I said, โ€˜Dude, your weekendโ€™s screwed, perhaps you should go fishing.โ€˜


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