JEV
Mr. Congeniality
Seed Caraway called me to say that he was thinking about selling his business and slowing down a bit, but he didn’t want to quit working completely, so he thought he would get a part-time job to see if he would like it before he sold. He went to Bass Pro in Springfield and asked for a job. It went like this:
Seed: “I’d like a part time job if you are hiring?”
Boss: “Do you have any sales experience?”
Seed: “Well yeah, I owned my own business the last 36 years so yeah, I can sell!”
Boss: “Seed, I like you. You start tomorrow and I’ll check on you tomorrow night.”
Boss: “Seed, how many sales did you make today?”
Seed: “One.”
Boss: “ONE? Our sales people average 20 or 30 sales a day. You’re going to have to improve considerably or look for another job! How much was the sale for?”
Seed: “$112,237.64”
Boss: “$112,237.64! What the hell did you sell?”
Seed: “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 at Table Rock Lake, so I told him he was gonna need a boat, so we went down to the boat department and I sold him a new bass boat. 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 new Ford pick-up. I asked him how long he was going to be out at the lake and after he said 5 or 6 days I took him down to the RV department and sold him a slide-in camper for the truck.”
Boss: “A guy came in here to buy a fish hook and you sold him a boat, a truck and a camper?”
Seed: “No, he came in here to buy a box of tampons for his wife and I said, well, your weekend’s shot, you might as well go fishing.”
Seed: “I’d like a part time job if you are hiring?”
Boss: “Do you have any sales experience?”
Seed: “Well yeah, I owned my own business the last 36 years so yeah, I can sell!”
Boss: “Seed, I like you. You start tomorrow and I’ll check on you tomorrow night.”
Boss: “Seed, how many sales did you make today?”
Seed: “One.”
Boss: “ONE? Our sales people average 20 or 30 sales a day. You’re going to have to improve considerably or look for another job! How much was the sale for?”
Seed: “$112,237.64”
Boss: “$112,237.64! What the hell did you sell?”
Seed: “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 at Table Rock Lake, so I told him he was gonna need a boat, so we went down to the boat department and I sold him a new bass boat. 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 new Ford pick-up. I asked him how long he was going to be out at the lake and after he said 5 or 6 days I took him down to the RV department and sold him a slide-in camper for the truck.”
Boss: “A guy came in here to buy a fish hook and you sold him a boat, a truck and a camper?”
Seed: “No, he came in here to buy a box of tampons for his wife and I said, well, your weekend’s shot, you might as well go fishing.”