All categories - 15 November 2006

Anecdote about an Indian sales guy....
The Manager says: "Do you have any sales experience?"
The Indian says: "Sir, I was a salesman back home in India."
Well, the boss liked the Indian chappie so he 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 sales did you make today?"
Indian boy says: "Sir, Just one sale."
The boss says: "Just ONE? No! No! No! You see here our sales people average 20 or 30 sales a day." If you want to keep this job, you'd better be doing better than just one sale. By the way, how much was the sale for?"
Indian boy says: " $101 237. 64"
Boss says: "$101 237. 64? What did you sell?"
Indian boy says: "Sir, First I sell him small fishhook.
Then I sell him medium fishhook.
Then I sell him large fishhook.
Then I sold him new fishing rod and some fishing gear.
Then I ask him where he's going fishing and he said down on the coast, so I told him he'll be needing a boat, so we went down to the boating department and I sell him twin engine Chris Craft.
Then he said he didn't think his Honda Civic would pull it, so I took him down to our automotive department and sell him that 4X4 Blazer.
I then ask him where he'll be staying, and since he had no accommodation, I took him to camping department and sell him one of those new igloo 6 sleeper camper tents.
Then the guy said, while we're at it, I should throw in about $100 worth of groceries and two cases of beer.
The boss said: "You're not serious? A guy came in here to buy a fishhook and you sold him a boat, a 4X4 truck and a tent?"
Indian boy says: "No Sir, actually he came in to buy Anacin for his headache, and I said: Well, fishing is the best way to relax your mind.".........................

2006-11-15 17:46:08 · 26 answers · asked by keekee 1 in Jokes & Riddles

I'm a friendless preppy boy, i like emo/punk people and generally everyone but i dont seem to make any kind of bond with people. Is that bad? I've been described as heartless and cold or to use a common nickname "monster" but i dont know. I dont think i'm a bad guy. Just different and maybe a little strange.

2006-11-15 17:46:04 · 6 answers · asked by john s 1 in Friends

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It seems like these awards specifically for African Americans and Latinos could be the reason why we still have racism. When these ethnic groups put themselves into a "category" isn't it just making us caucasions see them as "different"? They are basically asking to be "different". If we had a Caucasian award show we would all be called racists. I don't get it.

2006-11-15 17:45:32 · 13 answers · asked by Mommy 3 in Other - Cultures & Groups

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2006-11-15 17:45:06 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Heart Diseases

I'm moving to San Francisco in January and I was wondering if there'd be anyway to set up a p.o. box there ahead of time. I want to avoid the frustration of mail being forwarded then getting lost, etc. during the relocation process.

2006-11-15 17:45:05 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Business & Finance

2006-11-15 17:44:57 · 4 answers · asked by Trouble918 2 in Psychology

My girlfriend apologizes to me about everything, I tell her its ok and she still persists! Its making me horrible... what does that mean? Is there anything I can do?

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2006-11-15 17:44:44 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Words & Wordplay

Was the GPS SYSTEM created after the 19th century? I am doing something for school and cannot find anything on it. I know, it is strange not to find something lol PLEASE HELP! I am appreciative!

2006-11-15 17:44:41 · 4 answers · asked by Juice 3 in Singles & Dating

I was watching the nine o' clock news and they did a report on the educational system in Texas. It is required that high school students in Texas have two to three years of mathematics and science. The school board wants to add another year or two of more challenging math and science courses to make students better prepared for math in college. I have to disagree. First, I realize you need to take college algebra as part of the core curriculum but math is not going to be everyone's focus. What if someone wants to major in history and become a public historian? The job requires research, written and oral skills not math. Communications requires you to be good with English not math. No one is going to need to know geometry for that. Second, if a college student majors in Chemistry then t math is fine. Third, most students have a hard time grasping math. I suck at math and was always better at language arts. I think the students need to make the decision not the school board.

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2006-11-15 17:43:19 · 4 answers · asked by yasir 1 in Quotations

Hola.

I hear that you can run Yellow Dog Linux on PS3, and not only that, but the PS3 has a built in web browser.

It also has 4 USB ports.

can i buy a wireless keyboard and put the reciever in the USB and then just use a wireless keyboard from my couch to surf the web?


thanks,

-K

2006-11-15 17:43:13 · 3 answers · asked by x7_lostandconfused_7x 2 in Other - Electronics

Charles Barkley said this recently, and many have posited it on many websites:
The powerful overlords that work behind the scenes have set up a system so that the poor are arguing with one another. They have established a race and religious war so that men will never catch on to their scheme, but fight amongst themselves for the crumbs the power brokers leave behind for them.
(paraphrase of a conglomeration of all the different conspiracies)

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