CLERK: “Sure – what size does your wife take?”
CUSTOMER: “Why, she didn‟t say.” CLERK: “Well, how long have you been married?”
CUSTOMER: “Thirteen years, why?”
CLERK: “Then you ought to know what size hose your wife wears. Put your foot on the counter.” (Customer places foot on counter.)
CLERK: “Is her foot as large as yours?”
CUSTOMER: “No – only about half.”
CLERK: “Then she‟ll take size 10. Now, here‟s a swell pair at $1.50.
CUSTOMER: “Haven‟t you anything cheaper?”
CLERK: “Sure, here‟s some at a dollar.”
CUSTOMER: “What‟s the difference?”
CLERK: “Fifty cents difference ; but all us girls wear the $1.00 ones, and we like them. CUSTOMER: “Hump – well, give me the $1.00 pair. If they‟re good enough for you clerks, they‟re good enough for my wife.”
CLERK: “How about two pair?”
CUSTOMER: “No, my wife only wears one pair at a time.”
CLERK: “Well, why not be generous and buy her two pair?”
CUSTOMER: “Nope – just one. Hurry.”
CLERK: “But my sales book is low today and I need some sales … “ (Follows customer off stage, trying to sell him.)
CUSTOMER: “I‟ll be back some other time. The dumb clerks – the way they high pressure you today!”
CLERK: “The dumb customers. They have no money in their pockets these days.”
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