Big_Bear wrote:Interesting coincidence.
This afternoon I went into a restaurant. I was feeling generous so I made a donation of about 8-10 bucks.
Then this waitress brings over a free meal!
Unbelievable luck right!?
At first I was concerned about the optics and how some people would misconstrue this as a purchase of food. I can assure you that the two donations were just that: donations. Just because they happened within 10 minutes of each other does not mean a purchase was made.
Funny thing is though, I later found out that the waitress rang it up as a sale! Now they're calling me a customer. I can assure you, I never have nor ever will purchase restaurant food.
Again, I realize that the optics on this are incriminating, but all I can tell you is that just because the mutual donations were made at the same time does not mean I purchased food there.
You may now praise me because 1) I am generous and 2) I have amazing people skills such that I can just talk my way into a free lunch.
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Pretty sure that doesn't fit right....
A more appropriate analogy would be:
You're the restaurant owner. You generally sell delicious burgers for $4.
A customer purchases your burger, gives you $4 and before you serve them, you decide you don't like them any longer and they don't deserve a burger.
In the process of disagreeing with you over their lack of delicious burger, the customer takes some of your silverware.
20 years pass... and judge judy threatens to make you give the customer their $4 back, plus $200 for your holding their $4 for so long.
You decide that the risk of having to pay the fines is too high, and figure if you give them some amount less than the fines, they'll take it and not risk the chance they'll get nothing. So you offer the customer their $4 back, plus $100 in interest. They accept.
Because they weren't quite as ticked off at you, they give you your silverware back.