Why Do They Lie?

“I bought this Super Nintendo here yesterday, and it doesn’t work.”

“What’s wrong?”

“It doesn’t work.”

“As in it doesn’t turn on at all, or just a black screen?”

“A black screen.”

“Ok.”

<Gord grabs another Super Nintendo off the stack and plugs it into the monitor behind the counter.>

“What are you doing?”

“I’m going to test to make sure this one works before you take it.”

“I want my money back!!”

<Dramatic pause>

“Any particular reason why you want your money back instead of another Super Nintendo?”

“You sell broken stuff! I don’t want to deal with anyone who does that.”

“Oh really? Well that’s odd, because it worked when it first came in.”

“I want my money back.”

<Gord picks up ‘broken’ Super Nintendo and begins to plug it into the monitor>

“What are you doing?! I don’t have time for this!”

“I’m going to see if someone here is about to have a bad day. If it doesn’t work, you’ll get your money back. Oh, well look at that. The machine works just fine. Three guesses who doesn’t get a refund, first two don’t count.”

“Give me a refund!”

“Here’s your Super Nintendo. Have a nice day.”