Fun Selling Shoes

A shoe stallholder at one of the markets I attend was having a laugh. He said a funny thing had just happened to him. He'd decided to sell out a range of joggers he had been selling for $40. A hand written sale sign was made exclaiming the shoes for '$10 a pair'. He didn't expect the first customer to come along to ask if there were plenty of different sizes. The customer asked him to pack up 50 pairs. This was done at the expense of dealing with other customers. Feeling proud of himself said "that will be 50 x $10 = $500". "$500", she said. "Yes" and he repeated the calculation. "Oh I'm so sorry I didn't have my glasses on and thought they were $1 a pair.", she said apologising.  True Story