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Sales Humour at Its Finest: When the Pitch Doesn’t Quite Land

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Ever had a bad day at work? These salespeople definitely have.

From slammed doors to hilariously honest customers, these classic sales jokes are a reminder that sometimes the pitch just doesn’t land — and that’s okay.

Perfect for a quick laugh today.

 

Boss: Did you get any orders today? Salesman: Yes, I got two! Boss: Congratulations! What were they? Salesman: “Get out!” and “Stay out!”

 

Two salesmen were going door to door, and knocked on the door of a woman who was not happy to see them. She told them in no uncertain terms that she did not want to hear their offer and slammed the door in their faces. To her surprise, however, the door did not close and, in fact, bounced back open. She tried again, really put her back into it, and slammed the door again with the same result-the door bounced back open.
Convinced these rude young people were sticking their foot in the door,she reared back to give it a slam that would teach them a lesson, when one of them said “Ma’am, before you do that again you need to move your cat.”

 

A salesman approached a potential client and asked: “Would you like to buy a pocket calculator?” “No thanks,” the man replied. “I know how many pockets I have.”

 

“I was fired from my job selling amplifiers because I didn’t achieve the sufficient volume of sales.”

 

A sales manager was addressing his underperforming sales force at the start of a new month: “We are going to have a sales contest this month. The winners will get to enter NEXT month’s contest.”

 

Three violin manufactures have all done business for years on the same block in the small town of Cremona, Italy. After years of a peaceful co-existence, the Amati shop decided to put a sign in the window saying: “We make the best violins in Italy.” The Guarneri shop soon followed suit, and put a sign in their window proclaiming: “We make the best violins in the world.” Finally, the Stradivarius family put a sign out at their shop saying: “We make the best violins on the block.”

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