Picture this… I am in a store waiting to purchase 2 new autumn tops (that’s not important ~ just wanted to share my bargain), all around the store are signs saying 40% off EVERYTHING, but also on the counter is a small display offering 10% discount to students.
A young man approaches the counter ahead of me and asks the shop assistant how he goes about getting the student discount.
She smiles and replies that there is 40% off EVERYTHING and therefore the student discount does not apply.
Puzzled he asks again … ‘but what do I need to do to get the 10%?’
Again she responds calmly and says that all he needs to do is show his student card, HOWEVER today it does not apply because there is 40% of EVERYTHING.
He insisted that he would like to have the student discount because he is a Uni student …and she said … ‘OK that’s fine, just double checking that you would rather have the 10% discount than the 40% storewide discount’?
He stood there, mouth wide and thinking, then after some time replied …’well maybe the 40% would be a better deal… eh’?
Let’s just hope he is not studying mathematics.
Wonder Years 
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