recently a college mom questioned what her son should do if his girlfriend's parents offered to spring for dinner
I was a bit rough on her labeling it as a "great scam" - -
but, after recent events, I applogize and am changing my tune - - give him a credit card and tell him to use it generously, and save all reciepts
if ya call out for large pizza and are offered an extra med. pizza free, calculate the market value of it and pay for it (then get a recipt of course)
the events (modified to protect the innocent)
anyway, some athletes hanging out together in offseason go out for their weekly "bowling night" (not a stripclub, casino, or racetrack) - - after they bowl awhile, the manager approaches them
"hey, you guys come here often, we appreciate your business, the place is dead tonight, the lanes are yours for awhile if you want 'em"
it just so happened that one of the group regulars, a post grad law student/computer geek who was writing his thesis on compliance and had a laptop database with every business within 500 miles, their investor bios, and college ties, was absent that night so they said "thank you"
well this manager was a college grad (theirs) and they were busted, thank God they had already paid their shoe rental or it could have been uglier yet
amazing
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Remember to old song .... "What's love got to do with it?" !!!!