[M.D. Holloway]

I took my Daughter and her two friends to the Pumkin Patch over the weekend. While they were a little to old for the majority of the stuff there, they had fun reliving what it was like when they were 5...that was only 7 years ago!

While there, I bought them some lemonade. Why I cracked at $3/glass has everything to do with my Daughters blue eyes.

The kid says "$16"

I said, "Hmmm try again"

He says, "ya, 4 drinks, $3 each, $16..."

I turned back to the girls who were smirking. All three are pre-AP with straight A's.

I said, "actually it would be $12 right?"

He said, "oh ya, $12 sorry"

So I give him a $20 and he give me back $7.

"Your messing with me huh?" I said.

He looks at me and says "What? I ain't messing wit you."

"OK, the drinks are $12, I gave you a $20, that's means you owe me $8...and 4 drinks right"

Kid gets a stupid grin on his face, "Oh ya, I see what you did. Yup, $8."

I gave the girls their drinks and my Daughter is laughing to her self. She looks at me and says "Why? What is so hard about multiplying and subtracting?"

To make matter worse, the lemonade was horrible and the cups smelled like mold. Lessons learned.