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John was a clerk in a small drugstore, but he was not much of a salesman. He
could never find the item the customer wanted. Bob, the owner, had had about
enough and warned John that the next sale he missed would be his last.
Just then a man came in coughing and asked John for their best cough syrup.
Try as he might, John could not find the cough syrup. Remembering Bob's
warning he sold the man a box of Ex-Lax and told him to take it all at once.
The customer did as John said and then walked outside and leaned against a
lamp post.
Bob had seen the whole thing and came over to ask John what had transpired.
"He wanted something for his cough, but I couldn't find the cough syrup. I
substituted Ex-Lax and told him to take it all at once," John explained.
"Ex-Lax won't cure a cough!" Bob shouted angrily.
"Sure it will," John said, pointing to the man leaning on the lamp post.
"Look at him. He's afraid to cough!"
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