A young Hoosier moves to Seattle 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 out on the Sound,
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 Grady White.
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 Excursion."
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 says, "No, no, no, he came in here to buy a box of tampons for his wife and I said, "Well, since your weekend's ****ed, you might as well go fishing."