A young man recently moved to Florida from Nebraska and went to an “everything under one roof” department store looking for a job.

“Do you have any sales experience?” the manager asked him

“Yeah, I was one of the best footwear salesmen back in Omaha,” the young man replied.

“You can start tomorrow,” the boss said. “I’ll come down after we close and see how you did.”

The young man had a rough first day on the job, but he managed to get through it. Once the store was locked up for the day, the boss came down and asked him, “How many customers bought something from you today?”

“One,” the man replied.

“Just one?” the boss asked. “Our sales people average 20 to 30 customers a day. How much was the sale for?”

“$101,237.65,” he replied.

“How is it possible? What did you sell?” the boss asked incredulously.

“First, I sold him a small fish hook,” the young man said. “Then I sold him a medium fish hook. Then I sold him a large fish hook. Then I sold him a new fishing rod. Then I asked him where he was going fishing and he said down the coast. 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 Boston Whaler. Then he said he didn’t think his car would pull it, so I took him down to the automobile department and sold him a 4×4 truck with all the bells and whistles.”

“A guy came in here to buy a fish hook, and you sold him a boat and a truck?” the boss asked.

The young man 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.'”