James, a student, is in London looking for a job.
He happens to be passing Harrods and decides to go in to enquire.
He gets directed to the top floor to the Human Resources Manager.
HRM: “We don’t normally employ people straight off the street but as it happens, we are looking for a new salesperson.
Do you have any retail experience?”
-James: “Yes I do actually, I’ve worked for years in my local store.”
-HRM: “Great, I’ll give you a trial.
Go downstairs and work for the day then come to see me at the end.”

At the end of the day, James goes back up to the Human Resources Manager.
-HRM: “So how do you think your day went?”
-James: “I think it went really well.”
-HRM: “How many sales did you make?”
-James: “Only one sir.”
-HRM: “Only one? We’d normally expect at least 20, how much was the sale?”
-James: “£76,825.99”
-HRM: “That's quite a lot, what did you sell him?”
-James: “Small fish hooks.”
-HRM: “Fish hooks, for seventy six thousand, eight hundred and twenty five pounds, ninety nine pence?
Explain yourself please?”
-James: “Well.... I sold him some small fish hooks for 99p.
Then I sold him some large fish hooks for £2 and some fishing line for £3.
I sold him a reel for £20 and a carbon fibre rod for £100, a full tackle box for £200 and kitted him out in full attire for £500.
Then I asked him where he was intending to go fishing and he said at sea, so I sold him a twin engine boat for £26,000.
He then mentioned that his car might not pull the boat, so I sold him a 4x4 for £50,000”
-HRM: “Wow that’s incredible upselling.... and the man only came in for fish hooks?”
-James: “No.”
-HRM: “Well what did he come in for?
-James: “He came in for some tampons for his wife, so I told him
‘That’s your weekend screwed, you’d better go fishing’..