A young guy from Texas moves to California and goes to a big department store looking for a job. The manager says, “Do you have any experience?”

The kid says, “Yeah, I was a salesman back home.”

Well, the boss likes the kid so he gives him a job. “You start tomorrow. I’ll come down after we close and see how you did.”

The next day, after the store’s been locked up, the boss says, “How many sales did you make?”

The kid says, “Just one.”

The boss says, “Just one?! Our salespeople average twenty to thirty sales a day! How much was the sale for?”

The kid grins and says, “$99,327.99.”

The boss says, “$99,327.99? What the hell did you sell?”
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A manager at a General Store is teaching a young, newly hired boy how to sell people more than they really want. Suddenly, a man walks in asking for a bag of lawn seed. The manager walks up to him and says, “Of course. But you will be wanting a lawn mower, too, right?”

The man asks, “Why would I be?”

The manager replies, “Because when the lawn seed grows, you’ll need something to cut the grass with.”

Surprisingly, the man buys a lawn mower. Then another man walks in and asks for a box of Tampax. The manager nudges the newly hired boy. The boy walks up to the man and says, “Right away, Sir. But, of course, you will be wanting a lawn mower with that, right?”
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