A Price For The Devil To Pay, Part 3
(It’s Friday the thirteenth. I’m ringing up some college-age students.)
Me: “Your total is $6.66.”
Customer: “Oh, no! And it’s Friday the thirteenth!”
Me: “No, no. It’s okay! You’re getting rid of the six sixty-six, not accepting it. It’d only be bad luck if you were getting it as change.”
Customer: *looking very relieved* “Okay… That sounds right. But what about you?”
Me: “I’ll be okay. It sounds strange, but thirteen is actually a lucky number for me.”
(I ring her up and move on to her friend. By sheer chance, the total is $13.34, and I immediately see where this is going when she hands me a $20 bill.)
Me: “Uh. Your change is… $6.66.”
(She looked very uncomfortable as she took her change, and her friends teased her all the way out the door.)
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