Kevin, a 19 year old college student, is home for summer break.

In order to make a few extra bucks he decides that he is going to

apply for a part time job at the local Wal-Mart. Kevin fills out the

standard application and is called into the manager's office.

The manager is the typical Wal-Mart employee-skinny, glasses, pocket

protector and Wal-Mart clothes, smiley face and all. Also, he takes a little too much pride in working at Wal-Mart.

He says, "Kevin, do you think you have what it takes to work at Wal-Mart?

Kevin laughs to himself, thinking "What an asshole!" But since it was

an interview he responded, "Absolutely."

The Manager continued, "In order to work here you need to be a salesman and you need to be in touch with the customer. Do you think you've got those qualities?"

Again, Kevin laughs to himself, "Is this guy fucking serious?" but he

says again, "Absolutely." "Well, let me show you how it's done," says

the manager.

The manager leads Kevin to a counter and waits for a customer. The

first guy to come along drops a 50 pound bag of grass seed on the counter. The manager says, That's a pretty big bag of grass seed ya got there."

"Yup," responds the customer.

The manager winks at Kevin and says, "Ya think you might need a new

lawn mower for that grass you're putting down?"

Kevin actually sees the light bulb go on over the customer's head.

"Yeah! That's a great idea." The manager leads him back to the lawn

mowers and helps him pick out a model.

"Ya' see, Kev, that's how it's done. You think you can do that?"

"Hell, yeah!" says Kevin, "Just watch."

Kevin steps up to the counter and the next man to come along drops a

huge package of tampons onto the counter. Kevin looks at the box and

then at the embarrassed customer. "That's a pretty big box of tampons

ya got there," says Kevin. The embarrassed man looks up feebly and says, "Yup."

A moment of silence passes and then Kevin blurts out, "Would you be

interested in buying a new lawnmower?" The customer looks up from

his shoes and responds, "What the fuck would I want a lawnmower for?"

Kevin winks at the manager and says, "Well, since you won't be getting

laid this weekend, I figured you might want to mow your lawn!"