Little Johnny's Class Project

The kids file back into class Monday morning. They are all very excited. Their weekend assignment was to sell something, then give a short speech on productive salesmanship.

Little Mary leads off. "I sold Girl Guide cookies and I made $30.00," she says proudly. "My sales approach was to appeal to the customer's civic spirit and I credit that approach for my obvious success."

"Very good," says the teacher.

Little Sally is next. "I sold magazines door-to-door. I made $45.00, and I explained to everyone that magazines would keep them up-to-date with current events."

Eventually it is Little Johnny's turn. He walks up to the front of the classroom and dumps a box full of cash on the teacher's desk. "$2,465.00," he says.

"$2,465.00!!" cries the teacher. "What in the world were you selling??"

"Tooth brushes."

"Tooth brushes? How could you possible sell enough tooth brushes to make that kind of money?"

"Well, I found the busiest corner in town," says Little Johnny, "and I set up a free Chip & Dip stand. I gave every single person who walked by a sample. And, they all said the same thing, 'Hey, this stuff tastes like shit!'"

Then I would say, "It is shit! Wanna buy a $5.00 toothbrush??"

Posted by jservice at May 20, 2002 09:04 AM