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Think on your feet for outstanding results

by HARVEY MACKAY
| October 18, 2026 1:00 AM

A customer approached an employee at a neighborhood grocery store and asked if he could buy half a head of lettuce. No, the employee told him, they were sold whole.

But the customer persisted, pestering him to talk to the manager. The employee walked into the back room and said, “There’s some jerk out there who wants to buy only a half a head of lettuce.” 

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