Lawyer: "Well, I'm sure that there's a reasonable explanation about where those groceries went. I KNOW that you did nothing wrong. Was there something WRONG with the groceries? Were the milk jugs leaking? Did they leak all over those loaves of bread? That store musta' been really busy! Did the grocery clerk break those eggs when she dropped them in the bag?"
Pal: "

Uhhh, they were......"
Lawyer: Stop!

Let me guess - you brought those damaged groceries directly back to the store to exchange them, didn't you?
Pal: "Uhh, no,

I....."
Lawyer: "Stop!

Okay, you didn't go DIRECTLY back to the store. You stopped somewhere else along the way. I don't need to know about that, okay?"
Pal: "Uhh, sure, but...."
Lawyer: "By the time you got BACK to the store, they ran out of milk, bread, and eggs. You couldn't exchange them. You got a refund instead, and put that refund money in that little red kettle just outside the door, right?"
Pal: "Well, in a way,

sort of, I guess........"
Lawyer: "Is that what happened? You need to be honest with me!

"
Pal: "Well, YEAH! That's what happened! You believe me, don't you?"
Lawyer: "Of course I do!"

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