Come On Man!!! It's Not Difficult.
By WorDazza
@WorDazza (15833)
Manchester, England
July 3, 2017 2:32am CST
During my recent holiday to the beautiful North Devon coast Mrs WorDazza, WorDazza Jnr, Hugo the dog and my good self happened upon a lovely little tapas bar in Ilfracombe.
Aside from deciding to order every vegetarian item on the menu and realizing we'd drastically underestimated the amount of food that would find its way onto our table, a rather amusing little incident occurred.
When we arrived we were told of the special drinks offer the restaurant was running that evening. It was £10 for two cocktails or a buy one get one free offer on bottles of San Miguel. Mrs. WorDazza availed herself of the cocktail offer and myself and WorDazza Jnr took advantage of the San Miguel offer. Poor old Hugo had to make do with a bowl of water and a few treats! Such is the life of a dog!!
Anyhow, just as the realization was dawning that we'd ordered more food than would feed a small town an elderly couple approached the bar. It was quite clear, from their manner and their mode of dress, these people had serious money.
The woman behind the bar described the aforementioned drinks offer at which point a look of pure bewilderment spread over the face of the gentlemen. After casting a quizzical look towards his equally bemused wife he turned back to the woman at the bar and, in a cut-glass accent, said "Buy one get one free. What does that mean?"
Now, as discount offers go, the buy one get one free is surely the most self explanatory, as was reflected in the face of the bartender who obviously couldn't quite believe what she'd been asked. Her predicament wasn't helped by the fact that myself and WorDazza Jnr were struggling to stifle our mirth. Even Hugo the dog gave a derisory snort!!
With admirable self control the bartender said "Well, if you buy a bottle of San Miguel you get another one. Free".
This repeated expression of the bleedin' obvious seemed to enlighten the gentlemen sufficiently to decide he wanted a bottle of wine.
It all just goes to show that money and intellect are not necessarily directly proportional.
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19 responses
@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
3 Jul 17
amazing that they could miss something so blindingly obvious
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
4 Jul 17
@WorDazza makes me wonder how some people live so long
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@WorDazza (15833)
• Manchester, England
4 Jul 17
@arthurchappell Intelligence must be inversely proportional to luck!!!
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@xFiacre (12611)
• Ireland
3 Jul 17
@wordazza Most of my friends, unlike me, are monied people and they just don't get it. One couple I know well have a holiday house on the coast that they haven't used for a few years and suddenly remembered that they have it. There it sits gathering dust and they genuinely aren't aware that quite a few of us would give our eye teeth for a week in their luxury pad that is never used. Such vague, other-worldly people floating through life on a cloud of credit cards, and I love them.
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@WorDazza (15833)
• Manchester, England
3 Jul 17
Hmmm yes! I have a friend who has a brother-in-law (his wife's brother) like that. Cottage in Devon sitting there unused most of the year. My friend has two young children and not once has he been asked if he would like to spend some time there.
I think they just assume we all live the same way they do!!
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
3 Jul 17
My my..to have such wealth but no clue hahaha
A novelty no doubt for them.
Glad you enjoyed lovely Devon!
A novelty no doubt for them.
Glad you enjoyed lovely Devon!1 person likes this
@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
4 Jul 17
@WorDazza I remember it well WorDazza..its beauty and wildness will never leave me.
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@WorDazza (15833)
• Manchester, England
4 Jul 17
@TiarasOceanView It's just a shame there aren't many jobs in that area otherwise I'd have moved down there ages ago.
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@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
5 Dec 17
Uhm... I understand what the offer meant, but may I point something out, please?
Pretend for a moment... I am wealthy (when I say "wealthy", in my imagination, that means that I have never wanted for anything in my entire life). Everything, and I do mean everything, comes to me without me even thinking about price, because the cost of everything is beneath my notice.
It is entirely possible that I have never searched out or heard of discounted anything. I always receive what I want and the previous owner simply sends a bill (which I don't inquire about) to my bookkeeper. Things like this are taken care of in the background, so I am totally lost when someone tells me I can get something for free by buying another one of the same thing.
I don't know that my scenario is correct, but I would have wondered while at the same time, thought they should invest in brain transplants! 
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@WorDazza (15833)
• Manchester, England
5 Dec 17
@DaddyEvil Yeah, that's how you rich people get so rich. You give nowt away!!!
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@bluesa (15023)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
17 Jul 17
oh lordy, Dazza, even Hugo the dog was like "oh, c'mon man" . I mean blimey, it wasn't exactly a puzzle, now was it. I would have resorted to sarcasm and probably said "you pay the highest for both" I would be an awful bartender @WorDazza just awful.1 person likes this
@Poppylicious (11133)
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5 Jul 17
Maybe he was hoping that it included the Champagne.
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@LovingMyBabies (85127)
• Valdosta, Georgia
3 Jul 17
I think they were probably surprised and thinking nothing is actually free in this world. Not that they have to worry about it anyway...
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@Fleura (29097)
• United Kingdom
4 Jul 17
Once I went out for a drink with a friend and we also met up with a bunch of his friends. At the pub there was a notice on the window which said something to the effect that drinks were half-price between certain times, say between 7 and 8pm. Unfortunately I can't remember exactly how this was worded which does rather spoil the story, but anyway the meaning seemed clear enough to me. However one person got completely the wrong end of the stick and somehow thought it meant before 7pm, and since it was then 5 minutes to 7 he immediately rushed into the bar and bought several drinks at full price, to the bemusement of everyone else and the bar staff since if he'd waited another 5 minutes he could have had them half price.
This would be a funny story if I could remember what the sign said but for the life of me I can't think how it was written to confuse him like that!
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@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
5 Jul 17
I do remember asking what a BOGO was. But only once. Haha! Love the BOGO's!
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