How To Impress A Client

"How To Impress A Client"*
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I was in the VIP lounge last week en route to Seattle,
when I noticed Bill Gates sitting on the couch enjoying
a cognac. I was meeting a very important client that
was also flying to Seattle with me, but she was running a bit late.
 
Being the fairly forward person I am, I approached
Mr. Gates and introduced myself. I explained to him
that I was conducting some very important business,
and how I would really appreciate it if he could throw
a quick 'Hello Chris' at me while I was with my client. He agreed.
 
Ten minutes later when I was conversing with my
client, I felt a tap on my shoulder. It was Bill Gates.
I turned around and looked up at him.
 
He said "Hey Chris, what's happening?"
 
To which I replied, "Take a hike Gates! I'm in a meeting!"

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"One Sale"*

*A keen Texas lad applied for a salesman's job at a city
department store. The store was the biggest in the
world and sold everything under the sun.

"Have you ever been a salesman before?" the boss asked
during his interview.

"Yes, I was a salesman in Texas," the lad answered. The
boss took an immediate liking to him and told him he
could start the next day.

"I'll come and see how you made out after we close up," the boss said.

The day was long and hard for the young man, but
finally it was 5 o'clock. The boss closed up the store
and found the lad sitting, slumped and exhausted, in a
chair. "How many sales did you make today?" the boss asked.

"One," said the lad.

"One?" said the boss, obviously displeased. "Most of
the sales people on my staff make 20 or 30 sales a day.
How much was the sale worth?"

"Exactly $101,334.53," said the young man.

"How did you manage that?" asked the boss, flabbergasted.

"Well," said the lad, "this man came in and I sold him
a small fish hook, then a medium fish hook, and finally
a really large hook. Then I sold him a small fishing
line, a medium one, and huge one. I asked him where he
was going fishing, and he said he was going down the
coast. I said he'd probably need a boat, so I took him
down to the boat department and sold him that fancy 22-
foot Chris Craft with twin engines. Then he said his
Honda Civic probably wouldn't be able to handle the
load, so I took him to the vehicle department and sold
him a new GMC 1-ton pickup truck."

"You sold all that to guy who came in for a fish hook?"
the boss asked in astonishment.

"He didn't come in to buy a fish hook," the Texas boy
explained. "He came in to buy a box of tampons for his
wife, and I said to him, 'Your weekend's shot. You
might as well go fishing.' "
Received on Wed Aug 20 05:00:41 2008