Quick Thinking
There was a boy who worked in the produce section of a
market. A man came in and asked to buy half a head of
lettuce. The boy told him that they only sold whole heads
of lettuce, but the man replied that he did not need a
whole head, only a half.
The boy explained that he would have to ask the manager and
so he walked into the back room and said, "There is some
jerk out there who wants to buy only a half a head of
lettuce."
As he finished saying this, he turned around to find the
man standing right behind him, so he quickly added, "and
this gentleman wants to buy the other half".
The manager okayed the request and the man went on his way.
Later on the manager said to the boy, "You almost got
yourself in a lot of trouble earlier, but I must say I was
impressed with the way you got out of it. You think on your
feet and we like that around here. Where are you from son?"
The boy replied, "Minnesota sir".
"Oh, really? Why did you leave Minnesota" asked the
manager. The boy replied, "They're all just ugly old hags
and hockey players up there."
"My wife is from Minnesota!"
The boy replied, "Really! What team did she play for?"