Posted by paulrivas on: Tue 23rd Oct, 2012

Everyone knows the Mission Street Mobil only hires geniuses, but the new dude is something else. He blew my mind so wide open, I had to take this picture of myself taking a picture to remember who I was.

“How much for a Lemonhead?”

“Eight cents.”

“That’s what I thought. Those are great.”

Twenty-five cents, ten cents, eight cents. No doubt.

Context is the most important word in the English language.

That’s a $30,000/year-grad-school lesson I learned from the world-famous English teacher teacher Scott Thornbury, and it’s about to save me 72 cents.

Because if I gladly hand him $0.80, the proper thing for him to do would be charge me 80 cents with a smile and say thank you, so as not to cause me to lose face over $0.72 USD. All these guys are foreigners.

Eight-cent $0.80 Lemonheads is a win-win, but it’s nothing compared to dollar limes (not pictured).

“You’re selling limes for a dollar each?”

“Yeah!”

“That’s insane. Was that your idea?"

“Yeah! For Coronas!!!”

“That’s genius, bro. Seriously, congratulations. Keep at it. They should give you a raise.”

“Thank you! Have a good night!!!”

“I intend to.”

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Tags: .8 means eight cents, lemonheads, ferrara pan, old-school candy, mission street exit, santa barbara, sblifestyle, mobil station, genius

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