Re: OT-Because we need a laugh in here:
- From: "GeekBoy" <GeekISme@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 05:39:30 GMT
No ned..we laugh at stupid cult of islum everyday
"Mitch" <mitch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Ok, time for a true story many will not believe, but you're just going
> to have to take my word for it:
>
> My wife has an employee who is really a sweetheart, a nice person, and
> wouldn't harm a fly. She also happens to be the best damned sales
> person in the store, and without her, my wife's business goes bye bye.
> However, she is so dumb I can't even begin to tell you all the
> stories, but here are one or two:
>
> If you can prove out of state residence, you can have an item shipped
> to that address to avoid state sales tax like you do with internet and
> magazine purchases. This can add up to quite an amount for a large
> ticket item, but there are strict rules to adhere to for the sales
> staff to make sure that indeed the buyer is an out of state resident.
> During one such transaction, this woman gleefully told the couple from
> San Francisco that since they were from out of state, they didn't have
> to pay the sales tax. My wife's store is in San Diego, and that
> doesn't mean San Diego, TX. Needless to say they were puzzled. The
> manager on duty was so embarrassed and later asked just where she
> thought SF was, and she replied...and I SWEAR I'M NOT KIDDING...
> Sacramento.
>
> Oh, but that's just for starters. Another employee is originally from
> Germany and still owns a home there. Anyway, she was showing some of
> the pics of her home in the old country to this same person (name
> withheld) and she said something like..."That's so beautiful, but I
> didn't know Germany was so colorful." No one knew what the hell she
> meant until she followed up with this: "I thought Germany was BLACK
> AND WHITE!" I swear again, I'm not making any of this up, none of it.
> She thought Germany was like the war documentaries seen on the History
> Channel, etc. To make it worse, the staff started saying that Hitler
> outlawed all colors, and that some of those laws still apply today,
> but not in all areas of Germany, that's why there were colors in the
> photos. "Oh" she replied, thankful for the clarification! She then
> started to MARCH IN PLACE saying that's what she knew of Germany!!!
>
> Now for the really funny part. She can sell jewelry like no one else,
> it's amazing. And it really pisses off the rest of the staff needless
> to say. We think her secret is that within moments a customer knows
> that there is no way a woman like that is pulling a fast one on them,
> so they completely trust her. The kicker? She's into a six figure
> income by May. So everyone, back to work!!! :)
>
> The next time you see someone on Leno or hear someone on Stern who
> can't even answer the most simple of questions, they're not acting on
> instructions from the producers, they're really out there.
.
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