* The Art of the Question *

A young guy from Missouri moves to Florida and goes to a big "everything under the roof department store" looking for a job. The manager says

" Do you have any sales experience?"

The kid says: " Yeah, I was a salesman back home in Missouri."

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."

His first day on the job was rough but he got through it. After the store was locked up, the boss came down,

"How many sales did you make today?"

The kid says "one."

The boss says, "just one?!! Our sales people average 20 to 30 sales a day!"

But he liked the kid and rather than fire him on the spot, he thought he would ask him one more question.

"How much was the sale for?"

The kid says " $101,237.64"

The boss says, "$101,23764? WHAT IN THE WORLD DID YOU SELL?"

Kid says, "First I sold him a small fish hook, then I sold him a larger fish hook. Then I asked him if he needed a new fishing pole and then 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 Chris Craft."

"Then asked him if his car could pull the new boat. He said he didn't think his Honda Civic could pull it, so I took him down to the automotive department and sold him that 4x4 Expedition."

The boss said, " A guy came in here to buy a fish hook and you sold him a BOAT AND A TRUCK??"

The kid says, " No, he came in here to buy a box of aspirin for his wife." and I said,

"Don't you think your weekend's shot? Why not go fishing?"

            ~ Author Unknown ~

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