A young guy from the north of Sweden moved to Stockholm and went to the big mall to look for a job. The head of mall wondering:
- Do you have any experience as a salesman?
- Yes, I have worked as a salesman at home in the forests.
The manager thought the guy seemed nice and forward so he decided to hire him.
- You can start tomorrow, 'he said to the guy. I'll come down after we're closed tomorrow night and see how you had it on your first day.
The guy had a heavy day, but finally it was over. And after closing time came, the manager came down as he promised.
- How many deals did you do today? asked the manager.
- One.
The manager become a little puzzled and said:
- Just one!? Our salesman would usually make between 20 and 30 deals in one day. How much money was the deal about?
- 911 138 SEK.
The manager was really surprised and said:
- 911 138 SEK! What did you sell to him?
- First, I sold a small fishhook.
- Then I sold a medium fishhook, he continued.
- Then I sold a large fishhook and then it became a fishing rod.
- When I asked where he was going fishing, he replied that he would go down to the coast.
- So I said that he would need a boat, so we went down to boat department.
- I sold him the big Baylinern with twin engine.
- Then, it turned out that his little Honda Civic did not pull the big boat, so I took him to the car department and sold him that 4-wheel drive Chevrolet Tahoe.
The manager, who was now in shock managed to recover slightly and said:
- So you mean to say that a guy came in to buy a fishhook and you managed to sell him a boat and a car?!?!?!
- No, no, the guy said. He came in and was going to buy tampons for his wife, so I told him that he might as well go fishing, because the weekend would be ruined anyway!
