The manager asked, 'Do you have any sales experience?'

The Indian said, 'Yeah, I was a salesman back home'.

Well, the manager liked the young man, so he gave him the job.
'You start tomorrow. I'll come down after we close and see how you did, but let me give you a bit of advice. If a customer comes looking, say, for toothpaste, you might suggest for him a toothbrush, or shaving cream etc. You get the idea?

'Of course,' the young man said. His first day on the job was rough but he got through it.

After the store was locked up, the manager came down. 'How many sales did you make today?

The Indian said, 'One'

The manager groaned, 'Just one? Our sales people average 20
or 30 sales/day.'

How much was the sale for?'

The Indian said, '$101, 237.64.'

The manager exclaimed, 'What? $101, 237.64? What did you
sell him?'

The Indian replied, 'First I sold him a small fishing hook. Then I sold him a medium fishing hook. Then I sold him a larger fishing hook. Then I sold him a new fishing rod. Then I asked him where he was going fishing, and he said down at 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 that twin engine Chris Craft. Then he said he didn't think his Honda CRV would pull it, so I took him down to the automotive department and sold him that 4x4 Pajero.'

The manager asked, 'You mean a guy came in here to buy a fishing hook and you sold him a boat and truck?!'

The Indian replied, 'No, no, no, he came in here to buy a box of Kotex for his wife and I said, 'Well, since your weekend's already screwed up you might as well go fishing!!'