A man handed a pair of slacks to the department-store clerk. "I'd like these altered, please," he said. The clerk asked for the sales receipt, but after searching his pockets, the man replied he had lost it. The clerk informed him that it was store policy to do free alterations without a receipt.

　　"Okay, then, " the man said, "I'd I like to return the slacks. clerk processed the return and gave him cash equaling the cost of the slacks.

　　The man pushed the money back across the counter. "Now I want to buy the slacks, " he said. The clerk rang up the sale, bagged the slacks and handed them to him with a receipt.

　　Triumphantly, he put the slacks and the receipt on the counter. "I'd like to have these altered, please."

花招

　　一位男子把一條寬松褲遞給百貨商店職員。“我想換一條。”他說。店員向他要售貨收據(jù)。這位男子翻遍了他的口袋，最后只得說收據(jù)丟了。店員告訴他說沒有收據(jù)不準(zhǔn)隨意更換，這是商店的規(guī)章。

　　“那好吧，”這位男子說，“我要把這條褲子退掉。”店員按程序辦理了退貨手續(xù)并把等于褲子價(jià)格的現(xiàn)金給了他。

　　這位男子把錢從柜臺上推回去。“現(xiàn)在我還要這條褲子，”他說。店員用收銀機(jī)收下了錢，把那條褲子裝進(jìn)包里，并把它們連同收據(jù)遞給了他。

　　這男子終于以勝利者的姿態(tài)把褲子和收據(jù)放在柜臺上，說：“我要把這條褲子換了。”