A Funny Thing Happened at the Hardware Store
I went to the local hardware store yesterday to purchase 5 bags of steer manure for my garden flower beds. It was in between rainstorms and I only had 2 more flower beds to go to get them ready for spring.
I was standing in line and there were two other guys ahead of me, one said to the other, "Oh yes, I just went out to the garage to get something and before I knew it, I was cleaning out the whole garage." He looked at me, and I said, "one thing leads to another!"
When it was my turn, I ordered the 5 bags. The cashier had to pick up the announcement system and she said, "garden center, we have a pickup, 5 bags of EB Stone steer manure." Then the other intercom chimed in, "OK, we have to get the cow ready." Everybody in the checkout line laughed.
So I got in my car and pulled it around to the yard and the guy was loading up the bags in a pull cart. They started loading them into the back of my old and faithful 1998 Honda CRV. He had six bags on the cart. I had a fleeting thought that if I let him load all fo them I would get one bag for free. But my conscience won out. I said, "oh wait a minute, I only ordered 5 bags." I showed him my receipt.
I said, "for a moment I was thinking I could get away with one bag for free."
He said, "taking one look at you I know you would never be able to live with yourself!"
Well, I told this story to the guys in my meeting at work. We were all on the phone and someone mentioned something about how when they were small, they never could get away with lying.
I said I had a story about that and told this one. Of course, being a bunch of guys this resulted in comments about crap and getting away with stuff and "the cow never would have known."
I was standing in line and there were two other guys ahead of me, one said to the other, "Oh yes, I just went out to the garage to get something and before I knew it, I was cleaning out the whole garage." He looked at me, and I said, "one thing leads to another!"
When it was my turn, I ordered the 5 bags. The cashier had to pick up the announcement system and she said, "garden center, we have a pickup, 5 bags of EB Stone steer manure." Then the other intercom chimed in, "OK, we have to get the cow ready." Everybody in the checkout line laughed.
So I got in my car and pulled it around to the yard and the guy was loading up the bags in a pull cart. They started loading them into the back of my old and faithful 1998 Honda CRV. He had six bags on the cart. I had a fleeting thought that if I let him load all fo them I would get one bag for free. But my conscience won out. I said, "oh wait a minute, I only ordered 5 bags." I showed him my receipt.
I said, "for a moment I was thinking I could get away with one bag for free."
He said, "taking one look at you I know you would never be able to live with yourself!"
Well, I told this story to the guys in my meeting at work. We were all on the phone and someone mentioned something about how when they were small, they never could get away with lying.
I said I had a story about that and told this one. Of course, being a bunch of guys this resulted in comments about crap and getting away with stuff and "the cow never would have known."
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