Knock, Knock
The door-to door
solicit or walked to the next door. He knew the people in this neighborhood were
snobs but he was confident that he could sell a wrench and
socket set or water
soluble soap to anyone if it was required. He was the best and he could
sniff out a sale a mile away. His skill in sales and
sociology were
not to be sneezed at. And even though his company always
solicited him to train new salesmen, he said no! He wasn’t one for
solidarity. He always went
solo.
But this had been a rough day and the
solitude was beginning to get to him. At the last house a woman had
snatched the door handle away from him and slammed it in his face. As he was walked away he heard her
snort and say to her husband that she hated
solicitors. He usually dealt well with refusal, but he was
sober today, unlike most other, and almost
sobbed as he walked away.
Now at the next door he put on a
sociable face and determined to
sneak a sale at this next home no matter what. When this woman opened the door with a
sneer on her face he felt even more
solitary than before. But after commenting on the wonderful smell that he
sniffed coming out the door the woman smiled and invited him in. As he walked past her husband
snoring on the couch he held back a
sneeze. The woman had cats, and he was allergic to cats. Oh well, he thought, at least he would have a sale. And with that thought his mood began to brighten.
敲门，敲门 那位走家串户的
推销员向下一户人家走去。他知道这个地方的人是
势利小人，但是他自信他能在必要的时候卖给任何一个人一把扳手、一套
插座或者一块水
溶性肥皂。他是最好的推销员，从一英里外他就能
嗅出一桩买卖，他的推销技巧和
社会学知识
不可轻视。尽管公司总是
请求他培训新的推销员，但他都没有同意。他不是个能和别人
团结一致的人，他总是天马行空、
独来独往。
但是这一天过得可真不容易，
单独一人开始使他感到有点沮丧。在最后一户人家，一个女人从他手里把门把手
夺了过去并砰地一声把门关上了。他离开的时候还听到她
哼着鼻子对丈夫说她讨厌
推销员。一般来说他很会处理别人的拒绝，但今天他有些
严肃，这跟大多数时候不太一样，离开的时候他几乎
哭了。
现在到了另外一家，他装出一付
友好的样子，决心无论如何要在这一家
偷偷地做成一笔生意。当这家女主人打开门、脸上露出
讥笑的表情时，他更加感到了一种
孤独。
闻到门里传来一股味儿，他说这味道可真好闻，说完之后女主人笑了并请他进了屋。经过他那在沙发上
打着
鼾的丈夫时，他忍着没有把
喷嚏打出来。她家养了许多猫，而他对猫有些过敏。谢天谢地，他想，至少可以做一笔买卖了。想到这里他的心情开始愉快起来。
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