The salesman was applying for a new job, and the manager seemed a little doubtful of his capabilities. “You know,” he told the applicant, “we must have a really good, persevering man, who gets the orders.” “Listen,” replied the other, “when I approach a prospect the deal is as good as over. Why, once when I was working for an electrical firm, I sold my wife a refrigerator when I knew I couldn’t afford it, and that we only had gas laid on.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 December 1938, Page 10
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