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Written by To The Point News
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Wednesday, 23 June 2010 |
The kids filed back into class Monday morning. They were
very excited. Their weekend assignment was to sell something, then give a talk
on productive salesmanship.
Little Sally led off: "I sold girl scout cookies and I
made $30," she said proudly, "My sales approach was to appeal to the
customer's civil spirit and I credit that approach for my obvious
success."
"Very good," said the teacher.
Little Jenny was next:
"I sold magazines," she said, "I made $45 and
I explained to everyone that magazines would keep them up on current
events."
"Very good, Jenny," said the teacher..
Eventually, it was Little Johnny's turn.
The teacher held her breath ...
Little Johnny walked to the front of the classroom and
dumped a box full of cash on the teacher's desk. "$2,467," he said.
"$2,467!" cried the teacher, "What in the
world were you selling?"
"Toothbrushes," said Little Johnny.
"Toothbrushes!" echoed the teacher, "How
could you possibly sell enough tooth brushes to make that much money?"
"I found the busiest corner in town," said Little
Johnny, "I set up a Dip & Chip stand and gave everybody who walked by
a free sample."
They all said the same thing, "Hey, this tastes like
dog poop!"
Then I would say, "It is dog poop. Wanna buy a
toothbrush?"
"I used the governmental approach of giving you
something crappy for free, and then making you pay to get the crappy taste out
of your mouth." Johnny smiled proudly. "It worked every time."
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