A man in a hot air balloon realized he was lost. He reduced altitude and spotted a woman below. He descended a bit more and shouted, "Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago but I don't know where I am."

The woman below replied, "You're in a hot air balloon hovering approximately 30 feet above the ground. You're between 40 and 41 degrees north latitude and between 59 and 60 degrees west longitude."

"You must be an operating engineer," said the balloonist. "I am," replied the woman,
"How did you know?" "Well," answered the balloonist, "everything you told me is, technically correct, but I've no idea what to make of your information, and the fact is I'm still lost. Frankly, you've not been much help at all. If anything, you've delayed my trip."

The woman below responded "You must be a salesman"
"I am," replied the balloonist, "but how did you know?"
"Well," said the woman, "you don't know where you are or where you're going. You have risen to where you are due to a large quantity of hot air. You made a promise which you've no idea how to keep, and you expect people beneath you to solve your problems. The fact is you are in exactly the same position you were in before we met, but now, somehow, it's my fault."

All ways picking on salesman, I remember when you were on sales, lots of hot air. lol, lol, lol.

Some of the best guys i know are salesman and they are in this industry Rich Ellis, David Montgomery, Wayne Allen, Bob Liebermann, Gary Schmidt, Robert Miller and i know i miss a few that i know personally so I dont really like bagging on salesman, they work very hard and do a great job.

You have to be good to sell in this market.

Some of the best are salesmen that used to be operators.

soccerboy,

It was OK when I did it. As the worst salesman in the continential USA, I needed all the help I could get.

This was emailed to me today. Only the job titles have been changed to protect the guilty. ;~) take a chill pill, it is a joke.