Sales Joke of the Day (archives) Family on Ice?

A salesman, who lived ice fishing, decided to take his entire family, including his mother-in-law, way up north to a polar ice cap for their summer vacation.  To maximize his fishing time, he chose the one week of the summer when there were 23 hours of sunshine a day.  Half way into his week of vacation, and after eighteen hours of sitting on the ice, his butt was numb with cold, so he packed up his gear and headed back to the igloo he had rented.  Once inside he hung up his rented sealskin coat and was just digging into his seal steak dinner when his wife said, "I - I -I -  v - v - v -"


"What?" said the salesman without changing his expression.


"I've got some news for you," said his wife chillingly.


"What?" said the salesman through clenched teeth.


"Your mother-in-law has slipped on the ice and broken her hip," replied his wife.


Again the salesman's expression didn't change, but he picked up a frozen herring from the table and smacked his wife on the head with the fish.


"Owwww!" she yelled.  "What did you do that for?"


"I've told you before," replied the salesman.  "Don't make me laugh when I've got chapped lips."


Moral of the story.   True sales professionals know the importance of paying close attention to facial expressions.   Often times when a prospect or client is not saying much, their facial expression will give their true opinion on a particular subject away.   Failure to pick up on these cues could cost you much more than lost commissions.  Are you "herring" me?


"In time your relatives will come to accept that a career is as important to you as your family.  Of course, in time the polar ice cap will melt."             -    Barbara Dale

Sales Joke of the Day (December 14) Ice Fishing.

It was a bitterly cold winter day.  The salesman decided to go fishing and cut a hole in the ice, but didn't catch a thing.  Then a young boy came along, cut a hole in the ice nearby and proceeded to catch fish after fish.   Eventually the salesman went over to the boy and said:  "I've been here six hours and haven't caught one fish.  You've been here only half an hour and you've at least ten.  What's your secret?"


The boy replied:  "Roo raf roo reep rur rurms rarm."


"Excuse me," replied the salesman, "I didn't catch what you just said."


"Roo raf roo reep rur rurms rarm," stated the boy for the second time.


"I'm sorry," said the salesman.  "But I still can't understand a word you're saying."


The boy spat out a wad of ugly brown slime into his hand and said:  "You have to keep your worms warm!"


Moral of the story.   True sales professionals know that in order to be successful at sales you need to keep your baiting material fresh.   If your material gets old or cold, your prospects will start to freeze you out and your commission catch will quickly be reduced to zero.  Always make sure that any bait coming out of your mouth, is only the best you have to offer.


"The finer the bait, the shorter the wait!"     -   Frank Gorshin