A woman goes into Cabela’s to buy a birthday present for her son, a fishing rod and reel. She does not know which one to purchase, so she just randomly takes one and starts toward the checkout.
Behind the counter is a clerk wearing sunglasses. She says to him, “Excuse me, sir. Can you tell me about this rod and reel?
The clerk says, “Lady, I’m totally blind, but if you drop it on the counter, I can tell you what it is by the sound.”
Suspicious but curious, she drops the rod and reel onto the counter. He blurts out without hesitation, “That’s a 6-foot Shakespeare graphite rod with a Zebco 404 reel and 10-pound test line. It’s a good all-purpose setup, and it’s on sale this week for just $20.”
Amazed, she exclaims, “That’s incredible! I’ll take it.”
As she opens her purse to retrieve her credit card, it slips from her fingers and lands on the floor.
The clerk immediately remarks, “Oh, that sounds like a MasterCard.”
She reaches down to pick it up and, in so doing, lets out a little silent-but-deadly fart. Truly mortified at first, she quickly reassures herself that, after all, the clerk is blind, so what does that have to do with anything? There is no way he could tell it was her.
The man wraps up her purchase and says, “That’ll be $34.50, please.”
Confused, she asks, “Wait, didn’t you say the rod and reel were $20? How did we get to $34.50?
He replies calmly, “Yes, ma’am. The rod and reel cost $20, but the Duck Call is $11, and the Catfish Bait is $3.50.”
Without another word, she pays and rushes out of the store.
