Buyer Beware

Shoppers were waiting in line at the supermarket. Suddenly a young man with only one item hurriedly tried to pay for it. "You don't mind if I just pay for this one can of dog food do you?" he asked the woman at the head of the line.

"Goodness no," she replied. "If you're that hungry go right ahead,"

[From Heart of Wisdom Book III By Bernard Raskas]

This reminds me of the line "“Show business is dog-eat-dog. It’s worse than dog-eat-dog, it’s dog-doesn’t-return-other-dog’s-phone-calls.”[

Crimes and Misdemeanors

1989]