My wife and I were at Kohl's last night purchasing Christmas decorations for our new house. We selected a variety of items and took them to the register so we could pay. As the checkout clerk rang up our decorations, we noticed it was more expensive than we first thought.
I turned to my wife and said, "Those half-off prices still add up quickly, don't they?"
She nodded in agreement and replied, "Yeah, we'll really notice it when we have to pay our first mortgage payment."
The clerk, overhearing our conversation, decided to chime in: "Oh, you have a mortgage?"
I nodded my head.
"I don't," he said in a smarmy manner.
"Really?" I said.
"Yeah," he said nonchalantly, "my uncle bought me a house."
Feigning interest, I mumbled a congratulatory remark and took my receipt. Before we could escape our materialistic beatdown, he said:
"Oh, and a truck too. You know I was driving this tiny little car and I was like, I need a new car...so, he bought me one."
I'll remember to skip his line next time.
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