A keen immigrant Indian Marwari 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 Rajasthan 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 "Ho much was the sale worth?"
"Three hundred thousand, three hundred and thirty four pounds" said
the young Marwari.
"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 a 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, should throw in about $100 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 a box of Sanitary
napkins for his wife and I said to him, "your weekend is screwed
anyway; you might as well go fishing."
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 Rajasthan 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 "Ho much was the sale worth?"
"Three hundred thousand, three hundred and thirty four pounds" said
the young Marwari.
"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 a 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, should throw in about $100 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 a box of Sanitary
napkins for his wife and I said to him, "your weekend is screwed
anyway; you might as well go fishing."
