Sunday, March 16, 2008

and now a word from our guest columnist, rocky mattson

Title: Sales 101

Scene: Hollywood Blvd.
Enter: ROCK and CHEY
CHEY: Ooh, check out these pants. They'd look super duper on you.
ROCK: Gee, CHEY, thanks. I think I'll try on this fancy blazer too.

[ROCK and CHEY enter dressing room and try on clothes. They decide that ROCK should purchase the $10 pants, but not the $35 blazer].

[ROCK approaches cash register].

ROCK: Can I use my credit card?
STUPID ASS MAN at the cash register (SAM): You can get the pants for $10 if you pay cash.
ROCK: I only have a credit card.
SAM: If you use your credit card, it makes the purchase official. That means I have to charge you $3 more.
[RAM approaches cash register and exchanges shifty eyes with ROCK].
ROCK: Fine. Charge me $13 for the pants.
SAM: I'm sorry, I can not do that. You must buy the blazer too.
ROCK: I don't want the blazer.
SAM: Then I'll give it to you for $30.
ROCK: No. I don't want the blazer.
SAM: $27 plus the $13 for the pants.
ROCK: I don't want the blazer.
SAM: Yes.
ROCK: No. This is stupid. I don't want the blazer. I only want the pants.
SAM: Fine. Don't buy anything. Bye.

And that's how to make a sale.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

You girls really showed SAM who was boss...a lesson he won't soon forget!

Jum said...

Rocko, you should've unleashed the legendary Bad-itude on him!

Anonymous said...

Sounds like a mean clerk! I ran into a mean coffee maker in Boulder a few years ago. His coffee was "inexpensive" which I commented on, nicely. He got offened, whatever his coffee wasn't that good. I ran into Megan at the grocery store today--twice as weird because she's in CO now. Had no idea!

c. said...

you ran into megan at the grocery store in Lawrence? what the h was she doing there??? Or are you in Minot? crazzzy.

and p.s. coffee folk tend to be pretentious. it's an unfortunate byproduct of the coffee culture.

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