Kid working in a grocery store. An old man walks up with a head of lettuce and says, “I want to buy half this head of lettuce.”
Kid says, “We don’t really sell half of a vegetable.”
Old man says, “Well, my wife and I have been customers here for years. But she’s gone now. I live alone and a whole head of lettuce would spoil before I eat it all.”
Kid says he’ll talk to the manager.
Finds his boss and says, “Some old goat out front wants to buy half a head of lettuce.”
Just then, the kid notices the old man has followed him and is standing right by his elbow.
Kid adds, “And this nice gentleman wants to buy the other half.”
Old man goes away happy with his half-head of lettuce.
Manager says, “That was very quick thinking, young man. I like people like that on my team. Where are you from?”
Kid says, “Canada.”
Manager says, “Canada? What’s a kid from Canada doing in an LA grocery store?”
Kid says, “’Cause there’s only hookers and hockey players up there.”
Manager says, “Really? Because my wife is from Canada.”
“Oh, yeh,” says the kid, “who’d she play for?