A man in a bar has a couple of beers and the bartender tells him he owes $9.
“I already paid you, don’t you remember?” replies the customer.
“Okay,” says the bartender, “if you said you paid, you paid.”
The customer leaves and tells an entering patron of the bartender’s inability to keep track of whether his customers have paid or not.
The new patron eagerly orders some beers and later plays the same trick.
The bartender replies, “If you say you paid, I’ll take your word for it.”
The patron leaves and runs into an old friend. The patron tells friend how he got some free drinks and encouraged him to try it too.
The man rushes to the into the bar and begins drinking double scotches when suddenly, the bartender leans over and says, “You know, a funny thing happened tonight. Two men were drinking beer, neither paid and both claimed they did. The next guy who tries it is going to get punched right in the mouth.”
“Don’t bother me with your troubles,” the final patron responds. “Just give me my change and I’ll be on my way.”
