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John Amos is a salesman. He ___1___
from door to door selling vacuum cleaners. On his
first day of work, he decided to sell his goods by ___2___
on the doors of a private housing area.
"My first customer," he thought as he ___3___
the doorbell of the first house. A middle aged woman ___4___
curlers in her hair opened the door.
John began to
___5___ who he was and the product he was
selling. The next minute, the door was slammed ___6___.
"Not interested !" John heard her shout ___7___
the closed door. She refused to open the door ___8___
John's persistent knocking.
John was given a similar ___9___
of treatment from the next few houses.
___10___
rather discouraged, he knocked at the door of
the ninth household. This ___11___
, the occupants of the house ___12___
him in. They also ___13___
interest in his product. Encouraged by ___14___
, John began to explain the merits of his vacuum
cleaner. When the family ___15___
him for a demonstration, he vacuumed the place for
them. ___16___
the demonstration, the family, however, did not ___17___
his product. Instead, they politely but firmly told
him that they would ___18___
him a call if they want to buy a vacuum cleaner
later.
The family never called him ___19___,
John suspected that they had not been really
interested in his product. ___20___
they had wanted was the 'free service' given by
John, who had vacuumed their entire living room.
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