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Nooblakahn wrote:
You took this picture vs finding it on the internet?

I just love people from North Carolina. So innocent.

One of my sons lived for about six years in an old neighborhood in Raleigh where he could walk downtown and to the university. He loved it there and we loved it when we occasionally visited. He's in the northeast now and is starting to get tired of it and would love to get back to Raleigh soon.

ChicagoGranny wrote:

Nooblakahn wrote:
You took this picture vs finding it on the internet?

I just love people from North Carolina. So innocent

Dang.. I missed the sarcasm here.

How Pigs Wake UP

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=48 ... =2&theater

ChicagoGranny wrote:How Pigs Wake UP

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=48 ... =2&theater

Love it! Damn, I miss my piggies

A young guy from West Virginia moves to Florida and goes to a big "everything under one roof" department store looking for a job.
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> The Manager says, "Do you have any sales experience?" The kid says "Yeah. I was a vacuum salesman back in West Virginia ."
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> Well, the boss was unsure, but he liked the kid and figured he'd give him a shot, so he gave him the job.
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> "You start tomorrow. I'll come down after we close and see how you did."
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> His first day on the job was rough, but he got through it. After the store was locked up, the boss came down to the sales floor.
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> "How many customers bought something from you today?" The kid frowns and looks at the floor and mutters, "One". The boss says "Just one?!!? Our sales people average sales to 20 to 30 customers a day.
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> That will have to change, and soon, if you'd like to continue your employment here. We have very strict standards for our sales force here in Florida . One sale a day might have been acceptable in West Virginia , but you're not in the mines anymore, son."
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> The kid took his beating, but continued to look at his shoes, so the boss felt kinda bad for chewing him out on his first day. He asked (semi-sarcastically), "So, how much was your one sale for?"
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> The kid looks up at his boss and says "$101,237.65".
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> The boss, astonished, says $101,237.65?!? What the heck did you sell?"
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> The kid says, "Well, first, I sold him some new fish hooks. Then I sold him a new fishing rod to go with his new hooks. Then I asked him where he was going fishing and he said down the coast, so I told him he was going to need a boat, so we went down to the boat department and I sold him a twin engine Chris Craft. Then he said he didn't think his Honda Civic would pull it, so I took him down to the automotive department and sold him that 4x4 Expedition."
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> The boss said "A guy came in here to buy a fish hook and you sold him a boat and a TRUCK!?" The kid said "No, the guy came in here to buy tampons for his wife, and I said, 'Dude, your weekend's shot, you should go fishing..

Catalytic wrote:A young guy from West Virginia moves to Florida and goes to a big "everything under one roof" department store looking for a job.
.....> The kid took his beating, but continued to look at his shoes, so the boss felt kinda bad for chewing him out on his first day. He asked (semi-sarcastically), "So, how much was your one sale for?"
> The kid looks up at his boss and says "$101,237.65".
> The boss, astonished, says $101,237.65?!? What the heck did you sell?"
> The kid says, "Well, first, I sold him some new fish hooks. Then I sold him a new fishing rod to go with his new hooks. Then I asked him where he was going fishing and he said down the coast, so I told him he was going to need a boat, so we went down to the boat department and I sold him a twin engine Chris Craft. Then he said he didn't think his Honda Civic would pull it, so I took him down to the automotive department and sold him that 4x4 Expedition."
> The boss said "A guy came in here to buy a fish hook and you sold him a boat and a TRUCK!?" The kid said "No, the guy came in here to buy tampons for his wife, and I said, 'Dude, your weekend's shot, you should go fishing..

Hmmmm, I hope his 'single sale' was on commission! That's pretty good.

Good one Catalytic!

Maybe this belongs in the Sugar and Lies thread?

As an example of truthful salesman!

"Vegetarian" is an old Native American word meaning "bad hunter."

We enter a little coffeehouse with a friend of mine and give our order. While we’re approaching our table two people come in and they go to the counter:
‘Five coffees, please. Two of them for us and three suspended’ They pay for their order, take the two and leave.

I ask my friend: “What are those ‘suspended’ coffees?”
My friend: “Wait for it and you will see.”

Some more people enter. Two girls ask for one coffee each, pay and go. The next order was for seven coffees and it was made by three lawyers - three for them and four ‘suspended’. While I still wonder what’s the deal with those ‘suspended’ coffees I enjoy the sunny weather and the beautiful view towards the square in front of the cafe. Suddenly a man dressed in shabby clothes who looks like a beggar comes in through the door and kindly asks
‘Do you have a suspended coffee ?’

It’s simple - people pay in advance for a coffee meant for someone who can not afford a warm beverage. The tradition with the suspended coffees started in Naples, but it has spread all over the world and in some places you can order not only a suspended coffee, but also a sandwich or a whole meal.

Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have such cafe's or even grocery stores in every town where the less fortunate will find hope and support ? If you own a business why don’t you offer it to your clients… I am sure many of them will like it.

This looks like a good time to remember Mike Moran.
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I'm glad we have the "foe" button

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Thanks ChicagoGranny for politicizing a topic that previously had been a refuge for those of us who needed someplace to go to get a daily laugh. You killed it.