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Boyd + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: The Salesman + +Author: Waldo T. Boyd + +Release Date: June 1, 2010 [EBook #32636] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE SALESMAN *** + + + + +Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net + + + + + + +</pre> + + +<div class="tr"><p class="center">Transcriber's Note:</p> +<p class="center">This etext was produced from IF Worlds of Science Fiction March 1953. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.</p></div> +<p> </p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> +<img class="img1" src="images/cover.jpg" width="400" height="591" alt="" title="" /> +</div> +<p> </p> +<h1>THE SALESMAN</h1> +<p> </p> +<h2>By Waldo T. Boyd</h2> +<p> </p> +<div class="blockquot"><p><i>SALESMAN'S GUIDE, RULE 2: The modern 1995 customer who +enters Tracy's Department Store is not always right, but as +far as you are concerned, he is.</i></p></div> + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<div class="figleft"><img src="images/image_t.jpg" alt="T" width="36" height="40" /></div> +<p>he little green cue light blinked three times. Trevor Anson arranged +his tie at just the nattily precise angle, waved his hand before a +hidden lighting-effect switch in the smooth marble pillar at the +entrance to the display room, and faced the elevator. This would be a +"green light" customer—a first-time prospect, and three blinks +indicated a very difficult individual. Anson quickly practiced his +most beguiling smile.</p> + +<p>"Welcome to Tracy's Roboid Department," he said, enthusiastically, as +the elevator doors slid open. His practiced smile was just right.</p> + +<p>He quickly noted the man's conservative dress, the flaming red tie. +Aggressive type, Anson decided. A shock of red hair that didn't want +to lie down hinted that he was stubborn as well.</p> + +<p>"Heard you've got a sale on robots," Red-tie said, challengingly, as +he stepped aside for his wife.</p> + +<p>The woman who stepped off the elevator smiled, showing a lovely +dimple, and Anson beamed on her. The tiny flake of a hat perched atop +her auburn hair reminded Anson of the comb on a Rhode Island Red.</p> + +<p>"Not robots, sir," Anson corrected diplomatically. "The Plasti-Cast +Roboid is not exactly a robot."</p> + +<p>"Well, anyhow, trot one out, and let's see what it looks like. +Millicent will never be satisfied until she's seen one of the things." +He glared dramatically in the general direction of his wife, who +pretended not to notice.</p> + +<p>Anson led them into the Gray Room. He mentally went over the +applicable rule: <i>Rule 23; Always introduce the marked-down +merchandise first. It may provide the customer with an incentive for +buying something better.</i></p> + +<p>"These are last year's models," he said, with just the right flavor +of distaste in his voice. "Of course, you may expect a slight +reduction ... a small percentage...."</p> + +<p>Red-tie was muttering. "Damned mechanical things, full of wheels and +wires. What's to keep 'em from running amok and killing us all!"</p> + +<p>"But dear, they don't have wheels anymore," protested the woman, +timidly. Her face was pretty, Anson decided, but it was obvious that +the man would be the deciding factor in this sale.</p> + +<p>He made a mental note: <i>Rule 31: Pick the individual of a family group +who seems to hold the deciding voice, and SELL!</i> He remembered a +portion of a sales talk he had memorized a few days before, and took +it up, almost chanting:</p> + +<p>"... our Roboids are grown, much as crystals are grown, in great vats +in New Chicago. A Plasti-Cast Roboid is guaranteed...."</p> + +<p>"A fat chance we'd have of collecting the guarantee if we were chopped +into mincemeat," Red-tie interrupted, shuddering slightly as the +implication of his own words hit him.</p> + +<p>Anson felt a moment of panic as he failed to remember an applicable +rule from the Salesman's Guide, but it formed in his mind at the last +moment: <i>Rule 18: Never argue with a customer—change the subject.</i></p> + +<p>"Why don't you come with me to the Green Room?" he asked. "The very +latest models are on display." He walked slowly at first, then more +quickly as the couple allowed themselves to be led. He slid his hand +near a hidden switch in the archway, and floodlights came on just as +they entered.</p> + +<p>The woman uttered a little squeal of delight at the sight of a very +handsome figure dressed in a cutaway, standing in an attitude of +service.</p> + +<p>"Oh!" she breathed dreamily. "He would make such a wonderful butler."</p> + +<p>"Well, wind him up and let's see what he'll do," growled the man, his +face florid in the colored light of the Green Room.</p> + +<p>"I'm so very sorry," Anson said, slightly flustered, remembering that +this was always the crucial moment in a sale. "The Roboid cannot be +activated for demonstration purposes."</p> + +<p>"What?" roared Red-tie, incredulously. "Do you mean to say you want me +to buy the damned thing without knowing whether it ticks or not?"</p> + +<p>Anson tried desperately to remember the best rule for such an answer, +but failed. He plunged desperately into his own explanation.</p> + +<p>"You see, our Roboids are matched to your family personality at the +time of purchase, and activated then. We cannot erase a personality +once it has been transferred to their sensitive minds." He saw the +disbelieving smirk on the man's mouth and felt that the sale was +indeed lost. But he plunged on, desperately.</p> + +<p>"They're very economical. They don't require any upkeep, like food. +When they become tired they will sit or lie down near an electric +outlet and plug in a power cord, and in a few minutes they are as +rested and tireless as...."</p> + +<p>"Bosh!" Red-tie retorted. "I've heard enough. Come, Millicent, we +still have time to try Bonn's new Helio-rotor. At least they'll give +us a demonstration."</p> + +<p>Anson escorted them to the Magna-lift. He felt better as he recalled +the last rule in the Guide, the one that seemed to cover the situation +so well: <i>Rule 50: If they balk because of the no-demonstration rule, +let them go. They will be back when they have seen one of their +friends with a Plasti-Cast Roboid.</i></p> + +<p>"Good-bye, Sir; Madam," Anson said wearily, as the Magna-lift doors +closed. "Come again soon."</p> + +<p>He breathed a sigh of relief as the elevator cage dropped them from +sight. A salesman, who had been standing by, spoke to Anson.</p> + +<p>"People are <i>such</i> dears at times, aren't they?" he said. "However, +it's time for your rest period. I'll take over now."</p> + +<p>"Thank you so much," Anson replied tiredly.</p> + +<p>He walked to a tiny room at the far end of the great showroom and +closed the door. He stretched wearily out on a low, folding cot, the +only piece of furniture, and reached for a tiny black power cord +hanging nearby.</p> + +<p>Deftly he plugged it into the socket under his armpit, and breathed +deeply, relaxedly.</p> + +<p>"Yes," he chanted softly, drifting off to sleep, "people <i>are</i> such +dears sometimes."</p> + +<h3>THE END</h3> + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> + + + + + + + + + + +<pre> + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Salesman, by Waldo T. 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Boyd + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: The Salesman + +Author: Waldo T. Boyd + +Release Date: June 1, 2010 [EBook #32636] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE SALESMAN *** + + + + +Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net + + + + + + + + Transcriber's Note: + + This etext was produced from IF Worlds of Science Fiction March 1953. + Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. + copyright on this publication was renewed. + + + THE SALESMAN + + + By Waldo T. Boyd + + + _SALESMAN'S GUIDE, RULE 2: The modern 1995 customer who + enters Tracy's Department Store is not always right, but as + far as you are concerned, he is._ + + * * * * * + + + + +The little green cue light blinked three times. Trevor Anson arranged +his tie at just the nattily precise angle, waved his hand before a +hidden lighting-effect switch in the smooth marble pillar at the +entrance to the display room, and faced the elevator. This would be a +"green light" customer--a first-time prospect, and three blinks +indicated a very difficult individual. Anson quickly practiced his +most beguiling smile. + +"Welcome to Tracy's Roboid Department," he said, enthusiastically, as +the elevator doors slid open. His practiced smile was just right. + +He quickly noted the man's conservative dress, the flaming red tie. +Aggressive type, Anson decided. A shock of red hair that didn't want +to lie down hinted that he was stubborn as well. + +"Heard you've got a sale on robots," Red-tie said, challengingly, as +he stepped aside for his wife. + +The woman who stepped off the elevator smiled, showing a lovely +dimple, and Anson beamed on her. The tiny flake of a hat perched atop +her auburn hair reminded Anson of the comb on a Rhode Island Red. + +"Not robots, sir," Anson corrected diplomatically. "The Plasti-Cast +Roboid is not exactly a robot." + +"Well, anyhow, trot one out, and let's see what it looks like. +Millicent will never be satisfied until she's seen one of the things." +He glared dramatically in the general direction of his wife, who +pretended not to notice. + +Anson led them into the Gray Room. He mentally went over the +applicable rule: _Rule 23; Always introduce the marked-down +merchandise first. It may provide the customer with an incentive for +buying something better._ + +"These are last year's models," he said, with just the right flavor +of distaste in his voice. "Of course, you may expect a slight +reduction ... a small percentage...." + +Red-tie was muttering. "Damned mechanical things, full of wheels and +wires. What's to keep 'em from running amok and killing us all!" + +"But dear, they don't have wheels anymore," protested the woman, +timidly. Her face was pretty, Anson decided, but it was obvious that +the man would be the deciding factor in this sale. + +He made a mental note: _Rule 31: Pick the individual of a family group +who seems to hold the deciding voice, and SELL!_ He remembered a +portion of a sales talk he had memorized a few days before, and took +it up, almost chanting: + +"... our Roboids are grown, much as crystals are grown, in great vats +in New Chicago. A Plasti-Cast Roboid is guaranteed...." + +"A fat chance we'd have of collecting the guarantee if we were chopped +into mincemeat," Red-tie interrupted, shuddering slightly as the +implication of his own words hit him. + +Anson felt a moment of panic as he failed to remember an applicable +rule from the Salesman's Guide, but it formed in his mind at the last +moment: _Rule 18: Never argue with a customer--change the subject._ + +"Why don't you come with me to the Green Room?" he asked. "The very +latest models are on display." He walked slowly at first, then more +quickly as the couple allowed themselves to be led. He slid his hand +near a hidden switch in the archway, and floodlights came on just as +they entered. + +The woman uttered a little squeal of delight at the sight of a very +handsome figure dressed in a cutaway, standing in an attitude of +service. + +"Oh!" she breathed dreamily. "He would make such a wonderful butler." + +"Well, wind him up and let's see what he'll do," growled the man, his +face florid in the colored light of the Green Room. + +"I'm so very sorry," Anson said, slightly flustered, remembering that +this was always the crucial moment in a sale. "The Roboid cannot be +activated for demonstration purposes." + +"What?" roared Red-tie, incredulously. "Do you mean to say you want me +to buy the damned thing without knowing whether it ticks or not?" + +Anson tried desperately to remember the best rule for such an answer, +but failed. He plunged desperately into his own explanation. + +"You see, our Roboids are matched to your family personality at the +time of purchase, and activated then. We cannot erase a personality +once it has been transferred to their sensitive minds." He saw the +disbelieving smirk on the man's mouth and felt that the sale was +indeed lost. But he plunged on, desperately. + +"They're very economical. They don't require any upkeep, like food. +When they become tired they will sit or lie down near an electric +outlet and plug in a power cord, and in a few minutes they are as +rested and tireless as...." + +"Bosh!" Red-tie retorted. "I've heard enough. Come, Millicent, we +still have time to try Bonn's new Helio-rotor. At least they'll give +us a demonstration." + +Anson escorted them to the Magna-lift. He felt better as he recalled +the last rule in the Guide, the one that seemed to cover the situation +so well: _Rule 50: If they balk because of the no-demonstration rule, +let them go. They will be back when they have seen one of their +friends with a Plasti-Cast Roboid._ + +"Good-bye, Sir; Madam," Anson said wearily, as the Magna-lift doors +closed. "Come again soon." + +He breathed a sigh of relief as the elevator cage dropped them from +sight. A salesman, who had been standing by, spoke to Anson. + +"People are _such_ dears at times, aren't they?" he said. "However, +it's time for your rest period. I'll take over now." + +"Thank you so much," Anson replied tiredly. + +He walked to a tiny room at the far end of the great showroom and +closed the door. He stretched wearily out on a low, folding cot, the +only piece of furniture, and reached for a tiny black power cord +hanging nearby. + +Deftly he plugged it into the socket under his armpit, and breathed +deeply, relaxedly. + +"Yes," he chanted softly, drifting off to sleep, "people _are_ such +dears sometimes." + +THE END + + * * * * * + + + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Salesman, by Waldo T. 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