A general store and garden centre manager was teaching his young shop assistant how to make a good sale one Friday afternoon, he told the young lad:
'when the customer wants to buy something, try to sell them something else in addition, that way we make twice the sales and twice the profit, watch me, "hello sir, can I show you these pots for that tree you're buying, thank you"
'I understand', said the young assistant, just try to sell them something else in relation to their purchse.
'You've got it' said the manager, 'now go and serve that man over there'
The manager watches the young assistant follow the customer into the the female hygeine department of the store, then watches him drag the customer over to the gardening department.
The manager shook his head, what an idiot, he thought, why drag the customer from the female hygiene section to the gardening section, what is he thinking of. I'll tell him what for when the customer walks out.
But to his amazement, the customer bought an expensive lawn mower as well as the pack of Tampons.
The assistant went back to his manager and asked 'well, how did I do?'
The manager said, 'wow, brilliant, how did you make that sale, what did you say to the customer?'
The assistant shrugged his shoulders 'I just told him, oh well, your weekend fun's completely f*cked, you might as well get one of these and get the lawn done!'