From Australia, Brazil, Venezuela, Germany, and England, all on rentals from Chicago and heading to Los Angeles. They’re on day 6.
Daily Archives: May 28, 2014 4:58 pm
Super Salesman!
A young guy from North Dakota moves to Florida and goes to a big “everything under one roof” department store looking for a job.
The Manager says, “Do you have any sales experience?” The kid says “Yeah. I was a vacuum salesman back in North Dakota.”
Well, the boss was unsure, but he liked the kid and figured he’d give him a shot, so he gave him the job.
“You start tomorrow. I’ll come down after we close and see how you did.”
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.
“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.
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 North Dakota, but you’re not on the farm anymore, son.”
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 4×4 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
Nice Ride, So-So Lunch
Yesterday, Nina and I went for a ride. We left around 11:00 and returned home shortly after 3:00. It was a nice ride but the lunch was just OK. We headed south from here on NM Rte. 3 and headed to Vaughn to have lunch at Penny’s Diner. It’s a retro style chrome building that has mostly counter seating and is probably known better for breakfast than lunch. We returned home a different way and we probably added about 200 miles to the bike.
I also passed my 2500 mile mark and I need to schedule the 2500 mile service at Harley. I’ll call tomorrow. I think it consists of a minor check up and an oil change. They also wash the bike, which is good.
Vaughn is an old railroad town that has seen better days. Dozens of closed buildings and we’re thinking of taking the Jeep there soon and take some pictures of the old buildings and ruins. The area is still a big railroad center, but Vaughn is pretty much out of the picture for the RR business. Moriarity to the west is now the epicenter for the RR stuff.
Moriarity also has a neat old hotel with several rooms outfitted with the old style claw foot bathtubs, one of which has 2 side by side overlooking the nearby mountains. The hotel also has a resident ghost. One of these days I plan on heading east along Rte. 60 that is the main east/west routes in that area. I’d like to see where that takes me/us.
That area of New Mexico has a special beauty that takes a special person to appreciate it and live in it. We are not that special, not even close.
Peace out dude!