Bribery (Adjusted For Inflation)
(A guy and his wife came into my store to ask about Wiis. The conversation went as follows…)
Man: “Where do you keep your Wiis at?”
Me: “We don’t have any in stock right now.”
Man: “When you gettin’ some?”
Me: “No idea, man. They just ship them to us… We are getting them about once a week, but there’s no set date or anything like that.”
Man: “Uh-huh… so you know the date but you aren’t allowed to tell us.”
Me: “No… I don’t know the date.”
Man’s Wife: “They play it off like it’s a big secret!”
(They leave and the man comes back about 25 minutes later, this time without his wife. He has this giant smile on his face and approaches me next to the counter.)
Man: “Hey, buddy, if you let me know when one of those Wiis comes in, I’ll give you twenty dollars.”
Me: *in a very childlike excited tone* “Twenty dollars?! Really, mister? That will totally cover all my bills and rent and anything else I need but can’t afford because I’ve lost my job!”
Man: “Everybody is a godd**n smarta**…”
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