标题: MailBits.com Joke [打印本页] 作者: quantum 时间: 9.7.2003 12:16
Today's MailBits.com Joke:<br>The manager of a ladies' dress shop realized it was time to<br>give one her sales clerks a little talking-to. "Judy, your<br>figures are well below any of our other salespeople's. In<br>fact, unless you can improve your record soon, I'm afraid<br>you'll have to let you go."<br>"I'm sorry, Ma'am," said a humbled Judy. "Can you give me any<br>advice on how to do better?"<br>"Well, there is an old trick I can tell you about. It sounds<br>silly, but it's worked for me in the past. Get hold of a<br>dictionary and go through it until you come to a word that<br>had particular power for you. Memorize it, work it into your<br>sales pitch whenever it seems appropriate, and you'll be amazed at the resul<br>ts."<br>Sure enough, Judy's sales figures went way up, and at the end<br>of the month, the manager called her in again and<br>congratulated her. "Did you try my little trick?" she asked.<br>Jusy nodded. "It took me a whole weekend to find the right<br>word, but I did: 'fantastic.'""'Fantastic.' What a good word," said the mana<br>ger<br>encouragingly. "How've you been using it?"<br>"Well, my first customer on Monday was a woman who told me<br>her little girl had just been accepted at the most exclusive<br>prep school in the city. I said, 'Fantastic.' She went on to<br>tell me how her daughter always got straight A's and was the<br>most popular girl in her class, I said 'Fantastic' and she<br>bought $300 worth of clothing. My next customer said she<br>needed a formal dress for the spring ball at the country<br>club, which she was in charge of. I said 'Fantastic.' She<br>went on to tell she had the best figure of anyone on the<br>committee and her husband makes the most money. I said<br>'Fantastic' and she not only bought the designer gown, but<br>hundreds of dollars of other merchandise. It's been like that<br>all week: the customers keep boasting, I keep saying<br>'Fantastic', and they keep buying."<br>"Excellent work, Tina," complimented her boss. "Just as a<br>point of interest, what sis you used to say to customers<br>before you discovered your power word?"<br>Tina shrugged. "I used to say, 'Who gives a damn?'"<br>