Fun_People Archive
17 Dec
Top 10 Reasons for Being a Digital Sales Rep

Date: Fri, 17 Dec 93 13:12:35 PST
To: Fun_People
Subject: Top 10 Reasons for Being a Digital Sales Rep

 From: vangogh.CS.Berkeley.EDU!bostic (Keith Bostic)

This is from a source at HP...  [A new hire, perhaps?  -psl]

David Letterman's (well not really, but it is his format)

Top 10 Reasons for Being a Digital Sales Rep:

10. Customers expect a discount on Robert Palmer CDs.
 9. Pay cuts eliminate all that 'which-savings-plan-to-choose' stress.
 8. Relocation packages still available for the Sarajevo sales office.
 7. Stealth marketing eliminates that pesky phone-ringing from sales
    prospects.
 6. Free holiday turkey giveaway replaced with resume-writing workshop.
 5. The new burgundy logo hides blood stains left from trashing management.
 4. Bench seats in a Taurus make living in your car so much easier.
 3. Administrative computer system cannot track your sales credit -
    but CAN automatically fax termination notices to credit bureaus.
 2. Empty cubicles create neat Alpine sound effect during company
    yodeling championships.

AND THE #1 REASON FOR BEING A DIGITAL SALES REP:

 1. Alpha chips go great with salsa and refried beans!

© 1993 Peter Langston