WHAT IS SELLING??
What is selling?
A keen immigrant Indian lad applied for a salesman's job at London's premier downtown
department store. In fact, it was the biggest store in the world - you could get anything
there.
The boss asked him, "Have you ever been a salesman before?" "Yes sir, I was a salesman
in India", replied the lad. The boss liked the cut of him and said, "You can start tomorrow
and I'll come and see you."
The day was long and arduous for the young man, but he got through it. And finally
6:00 PM came around. The boss duly fronted up and asked, "How many sales did you make
today?" "Sir, Just ONE sale." said the young salesman. "Only one sale?" blurted the boss.
"No! No! You see here, most of my staff make 20 or 30 sales a day. "If you want to keep
this job, you'd better be doing better than just one sale. By the way "How much was
the sale worth?" “300534.00 pounds" said the young Indian
"What"," How did you manage that?" asked the flabbergasted boss.
"Well", said the salesman, "This man came in and I sold him a small fish hook, then a
medium hook and finally a really large hook. Then I sell him new fishing rod and some
fishing gear. Then I asked him where he was going fishing and he said down the coast.
So I told him he'd be needing a boat, so I took him down to the boat department and
sold him that twenty-foot schooner with the twin engines. Then he said his Volkswagen
probably wouldn't be able to pull it, so I took him to our automotive department and
sold him that new Deluxe 4X4 Blazer.
I then asked him where he'll be staying, and since he had no accommodation, I took
him to camping department and sold him one of those new igloo 6-sleeper camper
tents. Then the guy said, while we're at it, I should throw in about 100 Pounds worth of
groceries and two cases of beer.
The boss took two steps back and asked in astonishment, "You sold all that to a guy who
came in for a fish hook!!"
"No" answered the salesman, "he came in to buy medicine for his wife ( she is not well )
and I said to him, "Sir, Your weekend is wasted anyway, you might as well go fishing."
Boss - "You sit in my chair.....
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