> >A young Aussie lad moved to London and went to Harrods looking for a job.
> >The manager asked, "Do you have any sales experience?"
> >
> >The young man answered, "Yeah, I was a salesman back home."
> >
> >The manager liked the Aussie so he gave him the job.
> >
> >His first day on the job 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 Aussie said "One."
> >
> >The manager groaned and continued "Just one? Here in Harrods, our sales
> >people average 20 or 30 sales a day. How much was the sale for?"
> >
> >"£108,637.64", the Aussie replied.
> >
> >The manager choked and exclaimed "£108,637.64? What the hell did you
> >sell him?"
> >
> >"Well, first I sold him a small fish hook, then a medium fish hook, and
> >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 would need a
> >boat, so we went down to the boat department and I sold him that
> >twin-engined Power Cat. Then he said he didn't think his Honda Civic
> >would pull it, so
>I
>
> >took him down to Harrods car sales and I sold him a BMW X5 "
> >
> >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 4x4?"
> >
> >"No, no, no...he came in here to buy a box of tampons for his wife and
> >I said..."Well, since your weekend's f*cked, you might as well go fishing."
> >