Wednesday, February 06, 2013

The Indian Salesman

Dear Sir or Madam,

Good Evening and Good Day to you...

“Working towards success will make you a MASTER.

But working towards satisfaction makes you a LEGEND”.

A keen immigrant Indian lad applied for a salesman's job at London 's premier downtown department store. In fact, it was the biggest store in the world
- you could get anything there.

The boss asked him, "Have you ever been a salesman before?" "Yes sir, I was a salesman in India ", replied the lad. The boss liked the cut of him and said,
"You can start tomorrow and I'll come and see you."

The day was long and arduous for the young man, but he got through it.
And finally 6:00 PM came around.
The boss duly fronted up and asked, "How many sales did you make today?"
"Sir, Just ONE sale." said the young salesman.
"Only one sale?" blurted the boss.
"No! No! You see here, most of my staff make 20 or 30 sales a day.
"If you want to keep this job, you'd better be doing better than just one sale.
By the way "How much was the sale worth?"
= 93300534.00 pounds" said the young man.
"What"," How did you manage that?" asked the flabbergasted boss.
"Well", said the salesman,
"This man came in and I sold him a small fish hook, then a medium hook and finally a really large hook.
Then I sell him new fishing rod and some fishing gear.
Then I asked him where he was going fishing and he said down the coast.
So I told him he'd be needing a boat, so I took him down to the boat department and sold him that twenty-foot schooner with the twin engines.
Then he said his Volkswagen probably wouldn't be able to pull it, so I took him to our automotive department and sold him that new Deluxe
4X4 Blazer.
I then asked him where he'll be staying, and since he had no accommodation, I took him to camping department and sold him one of those new igloo 6-sleeper
camper tents.
Then the guy said, while we're at it, I should throw in about $100 worth of groceries and two cases of beer.
The boss took two steps back and asked in astonishment, "You sold all that to a guy who came in for a fish hook!!"

"No" answered the salesman, "he came in to buy a headache relief tablet and I said to him, "Sir, fishing is best remedy for headache "

Boss - "You sit in my chair.......

About Me In Retina India Feb 2013 newsletter

Here is the content:

Multifaceted Vijayalakshmi wins special award

V. Vijayalakshmi was recently presented with a special award by the Brigade Group Rotary Bangalore Midtown Young Achiever Program. “Vijayalakshmi, or Viji,
as she is known to her family and friends, is visually challenged. But Viji is no ordinary girl - as borne out by her remarkable achievements and her unyielding
spirit ... in recognition of her inspiring example of great spirit, perseverance and hard work, we are honoured to present V. Vijayalakshmi with a special
award,” reads the awards citation.

Vijayalakshmi has Master’s degrees in English Literature and in Carnatic Music. She also has completed the Kovida exam, which is the highest degree offered
at her university for proficiency in Sanskrit. She is presently pursuing a doctoral programme, with the topic of her research being the impact of technology
on the teaching of Carnatic classical music, no doubt drawing on her practical experience of using the Internet and video applications to teach music to
students across the globe.

[Editor’s Note: For us, it is a special matter of pride that Vijayalakshmi is also a Retina India member.]

Link:
http://retinaindia.org/?page_id=1624#lw5

All Glories to God!