A woman walks into Cabela’s looking for a rod and reel for her son’s birthday. Not knowing much about fishing gear, she just grabs one and heads to the counter.
Behind the counter stands a clerk wearing dark glasses. She asks politely, “Excuse me, sir, can you tell me anything about this rod and reel?”
He smiles and says, “Ma’am, I’m completely blind. But if you drop it on the counter, I can tell you everything just by the sound it makes.”
Skeptical but curious, she drops it on the counter. Without missing a beat, he says, “That’s a 6-foot Shakespeare graphite rod with a Zebco 404 reel and 10-pound test line. It’s a great all-around combo, and it’s on sale this week for just 20 dollars.”
Amazed, she says, “Wow, that’s incredible! I’ll take it.”
As she reaches into her purse, her credit card slips out and lands on the floor. The clerk immediately says, “That sounds like a MasterCard.”
She bends down to pick it up, and at that very moment, she accidentally lets out a little fart. Embarrassed, she reassures herself, thinking, “Well, at least he can’t see me. He’ll never know it was me.”
The clerk rings up the sale and says, “That’ll be 34 dollars and 50 cents, please.”
Confused, she asks, “Wait, didn’t you say the rod and reel are on sale for 20 dollars? How did it come to 34.50?”
With a grin, he replies, “Yes, ma’am, the rod and reel are 20 dollars. But the duck call is 11, and the catfish bait is 3.50.”
She quietly pays, grabs her things, and walks out without saying another word.