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An Amazing Salesman
不可思議的推銷員
The manager of a department store came to check on his new salesman. In fact, it was really a megastore--you could get anything there.
一家百貨商場的經理到店里檢視新來的推銷員。事實上，這是一家超大的商場，里面應有盡有，什么都能買到。
"How many sales did you make today?" the manager asked.
“你今天做成了幾筆買賣？”經理問。
"One," replied the new guy.
“一筆，”新來的推銷員答。
"Only one?" said the manager. "Most of my staff make some 20 sales a day. How much was the sale worth?"
“只有一筆嗎？”經理說，“我們的大部分員工每天都能大約成交20筆呢。你賣了多少錢？”
The salesman answered, "$43,868."
推銷員答：“43，868美元。”
Flabbergasted, the manager asked him to explain.
經理大吃一驚，要他說說看。
"First I sold a man a fishhook," the salesman said. "Then I sold him a rod and a reel. Then I asked where he was going fishing, and he said down by the coast. So I suggested he'd need a boat, then I took him down to the boat department. He bought a runabout. When he said his Volkswagen might not be able to pull it, I took him to the automotive department and sold him a big SUV."
“首先，我賣給他一個釣鉤，”推銷員說，“然后賣給他釣竿和線軸。接著我問他準備去哪兒釣魚，他說要去海邊。于是我就建議他買一條船，并把他帶到船只部，他買了一艘小小汽艇。當他說他的車裝不下這小汽艇時，我就把他帶到汽車部，賣給他一輛大SUV。”
The amazed manager asked, "You sold all that to a guy who came in for a fishhook?"
驚訝的經理問道：“你把所有這些東西賣給了一個來買釣鉤的人？”
"No," the new salesman replied. "He actually came in for a bottle of aspirin for his wife's migraine. I told him, your weekned's shot. You may as well go fishing."
“不是，”新來的推銷員說，“事實上，他是因為妻子的偏頭痛而來給她買阿司匹林的。我對他說：‘你這個周末算是泡湯了，不如去釣魚吧。’”
