3 DOLLARS!!!!!1! and other tales for the ages

[octopi23]

I got probably the most epic stories ever today, all within an hour of each other. Just... some of the most amazing examples of stupidity ever.

Me: Hey, would you like to play my game?
SC (no older than 6): How much does it cost?
Me: 3 dollars.
SC: 1 dollar?
Me: No, 3 dollars.
SC: 2 dollars?
Me: No, 3 dollars.
SC (to friend): Jimmy, give me 2 dollars.
Me: It's 3 dollars.
SC: Is this game free?
Me: No. 3 dollars.
SC: Will you give me that prize?
Me: No, but you can play for 3 dollars?
SC: How much does it cost?
Me: 3 dollars.
SC: 1 dollar?
Me (OH DEAR FUCKING JESUS CHRIST): No. It is 3 dollars.
SC: 2 dollars?
Me: 3. Dollars.
SC: Is it free?
Me: It is 3 dollars. 3 dollars and 3 dollars only.
SC: But I only have a 20.
Me: That's fine, I can make you change.
SC: But will you give me the difference back?
Me: That's what change means.

SC finally leaves, and this gem of a person comes up.

SC2: So, what do you get on the first win?
Me: You get a cool cape, adorned with the face of our mascot, "Mr. Seven."
SC2: What about a panda?
Me: First win is the cape.
SC2: What about the tiger?
Me: First win is the cape, and only the cape.
SC2: Or maybe the elephant?
Me: The operator "only" limits the parameters to a specific set wherein the parameters are generally not expanded upon.
SC2: What about the puppy?
Me:

He leaves, and I get something a bit similar.

SC3: What do you get on the first win?
Me: You get a cool cape, adorned with the face of our mascot, "Mr. Seven."
SC3: So, I get the elephant.
Me:

And then, one of the best of all.

SC4: How much does this cost?
Me: 3 dollars.
SC4: *hands me money*
Me: Just for you?
SC4: Yep.
Me: *counts it out* Ma'am, you just gave me 14 dollars.
SC4: Oh, I must have counted wrong.

Another day, another reason to legalize the stupid tax.

[crashhelmet]

That's where you increase the price. It'll shut them up quick.
You: $3
SC: $1?
You: $5
SC: But you just said...

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[Magpie]

Increasing the price like that doesn't work with kids. I think that in the first case, the parents were the really sucky ones, because it's definitely plausible that a kid that age just really doesn't get it. If the kid isn't able to conduct "how much is this?" *give money*, they shouldn't be allowed to go up to a game like that on their own. Fairly simple.

Of course, given that the adults don't seem to be a heck of a lot better, I may be being overly optimistic.

[MoonCat]

Who lets a 6 year old wander around with $20?? Yikes.

Maybe the kid thought you were saying "free" instead of three?

As for the other ones....wow. Brain fail.

[jjc927]

The kid may have just been trying to be cute and not intentionally scamming or being dumb. I would understand him not knowing what change was (I had a field experience in a 4th grade class and even they could barely comprehend change). Were the prize people foreign? And how on earth did that woman mistake $14 for $3?

[octopi23]

Who lets a 6 year old wander around with $20?? Yikes.

Maybe the kid thought you were saying "free" instead of three?

As for the other ones....wow. Brain fail.

I generally use the hand signal (three fingers up) alongside the verbal signal. And "free dollars" doesn't make any sense.

[octopi23]

The kid may have just been trying to be cute and not intentionally scamming or being dumb. I would understand him not knowing what change was (I had a field experience in a 4th grade class and even they could barely comprehend change). Were the prize people foreign? And how on earth did that woman mistake $14 for $3?

None of them were foreign. 3 dollars kid was about 6, the lady who thinks 3 = 14 was slightly younger than me, the other two people were grown adults.

[Mikkel]

"free dollars" doesn't make any sense.

I'd like some, please .

[Willis]

What is a 6 year old doing running around with 20 bucks for? When I was 6 that'd have been like hitting the lotto. If I got $5 to put in my pocket I thought I was something.

[octopi23]

What is a 6 year old doing running around with 20 bucks for? When I was 6 that'd have been like hitting the lotto. If I got $5 to put in my pocket I thought I was something.

I have noticed a lot of unsupervised kids running around. Methinks the parents need to keep them near.

[daleduke17]

The first story ($3 kid) made me remember the Pizza Hut commercial: "Regular price, five bucks, five bucks, five bucks".

14=3? Ok, sure

[octopi23]

The first story ($3 kid) made me remember the Pizza Hut commercial: "Regular price, five bucks, five bucks, five bucks".

14=3? Ok, sure

I mean, the maximum number of bills you'd ever be able to give me on a 3 dollar transaction would be 3, 3 singles. She gave me six bills, two fives and four singles!

[CrazedClerkthe2nd]

Your stories immediately reminded me of the Simpsons episode where Bart and Homer were running a ring toss game at a carnival.