The Maine Approach

THE MAINE APPROACH

A young Mainer lad moved to New York and went to Bloomingdales looking  for a job.

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

The young  man answered 'Uh uh, I was a salesman up in Portland.'

The manager liked the lads openness so he gave him the job.

His first day  was challenging and busy, but he got through it.

After the store was locked up, the  manager came down and asked,
'OK, so how many  sales did you make today?'
The Scotsman said  'One!'
The manager groaned and  continued, 'Just one? Our sales people
average  20 or 30 sales a day.
How much was  the sale for?'
'$184,237.64.'

The manager choked and exclaimed   $184,237.64!!  What the hell did
you  sell him?'
'Well, first I sold him a tiny fish hook, then a medium fish hook and
then I sold him a new fishing rod.'

'Then I asked  him where he was goin' fishing and he said down  east on the Maine coast, so I told him he'd need a  boat, so we went down to the boat department and  I sold him a twin-engine
Power Cat.'
'Then he said he  didn't think his Honda Civic would pull it, so I
took him down to car sales and I sold him the 4  x4

The manager, incredulous, said,  'You mean to tell me...a guy came
in here to buy  a fish hook and you sold him a boat and a 4x4?'
'No, no, no... he came in here to buy a box of tampons for his lady
friend and I  said...
'Well, since your weekend's screwed, you might as well go fishin'.'


"We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle."
 
Winston Churchill