Salesmanship

"Salesmanship"*

*A realty salesman had just closed his first
deal, only to discover that the piece of
land he had sold was completely under water.

"That customer's going to come back here
pretty mad," he said to his boss. "Should I
give him his money back?"

"Money back? Are you crazy???" roared the
boss. "What kind of salesman are you? Get
out there and sell him a houseboat."

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"Proper Wages"*

*A man owned a small farm in South Georgia. The
Wage and Hour Department claimed he was not
paying proper wages to his help and sent an agent to interview him.

"You just give me a list of your employees and
tell me how much you pay them."

"All right," said the farmer. "I have a hired man.
Been with me for three years. I pay him $600 a
week, plus room and board.

I have a cook. She's been here six months.
She gets $500 a week plus room and board."

"Anybody else?" asked the agent as he scribbled on a note pad.

"Yeah," the farmer said. "There's a half-wit here.
Works about eighteen hours a day. I pay him ten
dollars a week and give him chewing tobacco."

"Aha!" the agent roared. "I want to talk to that half-wit!"

"You're talkin' to him now," said the farmer.
Received on Sun Sep 12 11:00:26 2010