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Near Miss With Shark Attack

Family on holiday in Australia for a week and a half when husband, wife
and their 15 year old son decided to go scuba diving.

The husband is in the navy and has had some scuba experience.

His son wanted a pic of his mum and dad in all their gear so got the
under water camera on the go.

When it came to taking the pic the dad realized that the son look like
he was panicking as he took it and gave the ‘OK’ hand sign to see if he
was alright. (more…)

Now Thats Sales

A young guy from Saskatchewan moves to Vancouver and goes to a big “everything under one roof” department store looking for a job.

The Manager says, “Do you have any sales experience?”

The kid says “Yeah. I was a salesman back in Saskatchewan .”
Well, the boss liked the kid and gave him the job. “You start tomorrow. I’ll come down after we close and see how you did.”

His first day on the job was rough, but he got through it. After the store was locked up, the boss came down. How many customers bought something from you today?

The kid says “one”.

The boss says “Just one? Our salespeople average 20 to 30 customers a day. How much was the sale for?”
The kid says, “$101,237.65.”

The boss says, “$101,237.65! What the heck did you sell?”

The kid says, “First, I sold him a small fishhook. Then I sold him a medium fishhook. Then I sold him a larger fishhook. Then I sold him a new fishing rod. Then I asked him where he was going fishing and he said down the coast, so I told him he was going to need a boat, so we went down to the boat department and I sold him a twin engine Chris Craft. Then he said he didn’t think his Honda Civic would pull it, so I took him down to the automotive department and sold him that 4×4 Expedition.”

The boss said, “A guy came in here to buy a fish hook and you sold him a BOAT and a TRUCK?”

The kid said, “No, the guy came in here to buy Tampons for his wife and I said, ‘Dude, your weekend’s shot — you should go fishing!’”

[tags]humor, sales humor[/tags]

New Calgary Driving Rules

Apparently there are some new driving rules in Calgary. Just wanted to keep you posted.

1. You must first learn to pronounce the city name properly. It is pronounced: Cal-gree not Cal-gary

2. The morning rush hour is from 5:00 AM to Noon. The evening rush hour is from Noon to 8:00 PM. Friday’s rush hour starts on Thursday morning.

3. The minimum acceptable speed on most freeways is 130 kph. On Deerfoot Trail, you are expected to match the speed of the airplanes coming in for a landing. Anything less, is considered Wussy. (more…)