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Never take her change

There is a new cashier at the all-night shop and nobody takes their change. The rule is simple: take it from her hand and you owe.

Lines: 28 · about 91 s of video · Witch

  1. YouThere is a new cashier at our all-night shop
  2. ThemAnd
  3. YouEveryone leaves without their change. They just walk off
  4. ThemMaybe that is how they tip
  5. YouThe man in front of me said: you do not take her change
  6. pause 1.5 s
  7. ThemAsk someone why
  8. YouI asked a neighbour. He called it an old rule
  9. ThemWhat rule
  10. YouTake it from her hand and you owe
  11. pause 1.2 s
  12. ThemOwe whom
  13. YouHe would not explain. Said just do not take it
  14. ThemSo do not take it. What does it cost you
  15. YouI took it
  16. pause 1.8 s
  17. ThemWhy
  18. YouIt was forty roubles. I felt awkward
  19. She held her hand out and watched me
  20. ThemAnd now what
  21. pause 1.5 s
  22. YouNothing. A whole week of nothing
  23. Today she messaged me
  24. ThemShe has your number
  25. YouNo
  26. pause 1.2 s
  27. ThemWhat did she write
  28. You"Forty"
  29. ThemForty what
  30. pause 1.8 s
  31. YouI asked. She answered: days
  32. pause 1.5 s
  33. ThemGive the money back and be done
  34. YouI gave it back that same evening
  35. She would not take it

How it works

The rule is phrased so that politeness is enough to break it. Forty in change becomes forty days, and by then nothing can be given back.

Every story here is fiction. Any resemblance to real people or events is coincidental.

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