Math and Mistakes...

Me; "It looks like you have 73 past due follow up calls to make. Please catch that up as soon as you can."

Salesman; "Are you sure? I didn't think I even had that many customers!"

Me; "How many customers did you think you had?"

Salesman; "I don't know, 40 or 50?"

Me; "Well, you actually have 78 customers in the system since you were hired. That being said and since it looks like you have only called back 5 customers according to my records, can you tell me why the other 35 to 45 imaginary customers didn't get a call back?"

Salesman; "I see your point..."