The Man, the Ostrich, and the Two Needs
One afternoon, a person walked right into a restaurant with a full-grown ostrich following shut behind him.
The waitress smiled politely.
“What can I get for you?”
“I’ll have a hamburger, fries, and a Coke.”
She seemed on the ostrich.
“And for you?”
“The identical,” the ostrich replied.
When the meal was over, the waitress mentioned,
“That’ll be $6.40.”
With out even wanting, the person reached into his pocket and pulled out the precise quantity.
The subsequent day they returned.
The person ordered.
The ostrich ordered the identical factor.
Once more, when the invoice arrived, the person reached into his pocket and produced the precise change.
This occurred again and again for weeks.
Then one Friday night they got here in once more.
“The same old?” the waitress requested.
“Not tonight,” the person mentioned. “I’ll have the steak dinner.”
“The identical,” mentioned the ostrich.
After dinner, the waitress positioned the invoice on the desk.
“$12.62.”
As soon as once more, the person calmly reached into his pocket and pulled out precisely $12.62.
Unable to comprise her curiosity any longer, the waitress requested,
“Sir… how do you all the time know the precise quantity?”
The person smiled.
“Years in the past, I discovered an previous lamp in my attic. A genie appeared and granted me two needs.”
“My first want was easy. At any time when I’ve to pay for something, I simply attain into my pocket, and the precise quantity is all the time there.”
The waitress’s eyes widened.
“That’s good! Most individuals would ask for hundreds of thousands.”
The person nodded.
“With this want, whether or not I’m shopping for a cup of espresso or a Rolls-Royce, I’ll all the time have precisely what I want.”
The waitress laughed.
“Truthful sufficient… however I’ve to ask.”
She pointed on the ostrich.
“What’s the story with him?”
The person let loose a protracted sigh.
“My second want…”
“…was for a tall chick with lengthy legs…”
“…who all the time agrees with all the things I say.”
