jr conlin's ink stained banana

"Can i help you?"

"Yes, we came by and pained your house numbers on the curb today and …"

"Yeah, i saw that."

"Well, we're college students and we're doing this for donations…"

"That's nice."

"So we'd appreciate $20 to cover…"

"That's also nice. i didn't request the numbers to be painted."

"Well, yeah, but it's important for emergency vehicles…"

"The ones outfitted with GPS's that tell them where the emergency happens to be?"

"Not all vehicles have those, and it's…"

"Well, yeah, you're right. It's only ambulances, fire engines, police and CalTrans vehicles. i know the guys that deliver pizzas and Chinese both have them. Actually, i'm thinking that covers the bulk of who might actually use it."

"But we painted…"

"And that was very nice of you. i'll wash your car's window in a month and we'll call it even."

"But we need it for college…"

"And hopefully you learned an important lesson about spending lots of resources before you have customer approval."