Selling Bibles
This door-to-door entrepreneur became rather bored
with his job of selling Bibles, so he decided to become
a boss, hiring three people to sell Bibles for him. He
interviewed three people. The first came in and said, "I
want to sell Bibles for you." "OK, you're hired. Here's
your kit; go sell!"
The second came in and said, "I want to sell Bibles
for you." "OK, you're hired! Here's your kit; go sell!"
The third came in and said, "I- i - I wa - wa-
wa-want t-t-t-t-to s-s-s-s-ell to sell, to sell, to
sell, Bi - bi - bi - Bibles, sell Bi -Bibles
f-f-f-fo-for y-y-y-y you Bibles for you!"
"No," shouted the man, "this will never work! You
can't sell Bibles for me!" The applicant replied,
"B-b-b-b-but I r-r-r-eall, but I really, really,
n-n-n-n-need th-th-th-this, really need tthis job!"
As there were no other applicants, he man said, "OK,
I'll give you one shot at this, but I expect you to
PRODUCE!"
At the end of the can, the first applicant comes back
and reports, "I sold 8 Bibles today." The second
reports: "I sold 11 Bibles today. The third worker
reports, "To-to-to-to t-t-today, I-i-I so- so, I so-, I
so-, I so- I sold 28 Bi- bi- b- bibles!" "Great," says
the man. "However, I want you to sell lots more Bibles
than that, so get out there tomorrow and MAKE ME SOME
MONEY!"
At the end of the first day, the first worker comes
in and reports, "Today, I sold 32 Bibles." The second
worker reports, "I sold 44 Bibles today" The third
worker reports, "To-to-to t-today, I-i-I so- so, I so-,
I sold 79 Bi-bi-bi- sold 79, sold 79 Bibles."
"Fantastic," said the man, "since you're doing so
well, so much better than these other two bums, why
don't you tell them what your sales technique is."
Replied the worker, "I-i-I j-j-j-j-ju-ju-ju-just wa,
wa, wa, just wal- wa- wa- walk, just walk up to up to up
to just walk up to them and and ask, them and ask, them
and ask if th-th-th-th ask if they w-w-w-w-w- wa- ask if
they want t-t-t-t-o-o- if they want to b--b-b-b-b if
they want to buy a Bi-bi - want to buy a Bi--b--a - a-
abi - buy a to buy a Bi-bi-bible, or d-d-d-d-d do
th-th-they do they w-w-w-ant me to READ it to 'em?"
