We don't do cash out on EFTPOS transactions (the official reason being that "it's too expensive", the real reason being it helps us avoid dealing with crackheads who don't even have 50 cents in the bank).
So we have an ATM in the store. On this ATM is a sign reading "Please note, when the ATM is out of order there is NO CASH OUT available at the service desk".
One Saturday morning, the ATM was out of cash after a big Friday night.
SC: "The ATM's not working... there's a sign that says there is cash out available at the service desk."
Me: "Actually that says there is no cash out available."
SC: "Why do you have to take everything so literally?"
I couldn't think of a reply to that one (witty or otherwise, not even "Huh?"). Fortunately he wandered off before the silence got embarrassing.
So we have an ATM in the store. On this ATM is a sign reading "Please note, when the ATM is out of order there is NO CASH OUT available at the service desk".
One Saturday morning, the ATM was out of cash after a big Friday night.
SC: "The ATM's not working... there's a sign that says there is cash out available at the service desk."
Me: "Actually that says there is no cash out available."
SC: "Why do you have to take everything so literally?"
I couldn't think of a reply to that one (witty or otherwise, not even "Huh?"). Fortunately he wandered off before the silence got embarrassing.
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