Rays Of Son - For The Bible Salesman, The Soul Is The Real Goal
Writer Author Greg Miller
Christian Column
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Humor
- Fiction No
Brandon the Bible Salesman was very good at selling copies of the Bible.
Brandon’s personality was very pleasing, and when he asked someone to purchase a Bible from him, most potential customers wasted little time in purchasing a Bible.
Brandon was so successful that his boss, Broderik, only had one complaint: After Brandon made the sale, he always made sure the customer knew about all of the Bible’s special features, such as concordances, dictionaries, and study helps.
Broderik finally laid down the law to Brandon. “Begin spending less time in customer service, or I‘ll fire you!,” Broderik demanded.
“But I’m your most successful salesman!,” Brandon objected.
Broderik was a Christian, but he occasionally needed an attitude adjustment. “You’re spending too much time on service after the sale,” he said. “I want to see your sales numbers jump through the roof. I’m giving you one week to restore my faith in you as my best salesman, or you are history!”
Since Brandon’s work ethic demanded that he work equally hard all of the time, for the next seven days he actually spent more time providing customer service.
With each passing day, Brandon could see that Broderik was becoming more upset with the amount of time he was spending with the customer service part of his job. “I need to think of a way to get the boss to think about things from my point of view,” he thought to himself.
With only one day left before the arrival of Broderik‘s deadline, Brandon finally came up with the answer. “I’ll sell a Bible to Broderik,” he said. “Then he will value the importance of customer service.”
Right after the shop opened the following day, Brandon approached Broderik and asked: “Sir, it has been quite some time since you purchased a new Bible, hasn’t it?”
“Yes, it has,” Broderik acknowledged.
“Since we have no customers at the moment, I can sell one to you right now,” Brandon offered.
“Way to go!,” Broderik said. “I thought you had overlooked me as a potential customer.” Within just a few minutes, the sale was finalized.
“I do have one question about this particular Bible,” Broderik said. “How long is the warranty on this Bible?”
“You’ve managed the store long enough to know that every Bible is guaranteed to be a life changer forever,” Brandon said. “The only catch is the Bible’s owner has to read it often for the warranty to have the most impact.”
Broderik realized that he had other questions about the Bible he was purchasing. For some strange reason, Broderik was Brandon’s only customer all day long. Brandon was so successful in the customer service part of his job that Broderik changed his mind about firing his most productive employee.
“Now I realize the value of customer service!,” Broderik chuckled.
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