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<img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="biggrin.gif" /> . .If you've ever dealt with Air Canada, you'll love this one.... .This goes for most Airlines on all the requirements and regulations they have on purchasing a ticket._____________________________________________________ __. .. .First, a reprise of how ordinary hardware stores sell paint:. . Customer: Hi. How much is your paint?. . Clerk: We have regular quality paint for $18 a gallon and premium paint. . for $25. How many gallons would you like?. . Customer: Five gallons of regular paint please.. . Clerk: Great. That will be $90 plus tax.. .. . ____________________________________________________________ __________. .. . Now, imagine you are buying paint from Air Canada:. . First you spend days trying to reach them by phone to ask if they have. . paint. Nobody answers, so you drive to an Air Canada store.. .. . Customer: Hi. How much is your paint?. . Clerk: Well, sir, that all depends on quite a lot of things.. . Customer: Can you give me a guess? Is there an average price?. . Clerk: Our lowest price is $12 a gallon, and we have 60 different prices. . up to $200 a gallon.. . Customer: What's the difference in the paint?. . Clerk: Oh, there isn't any difference; it's all the same paint.. . Customer: Well, then I'd like some of that $12 paint.. . Clerk: When do you intend to use the paint?. .Customer: I want to paint tomorrow. It's my day off.. . Clerk: Sir, the paint for tomorrow is the $200 paint.. . Customer: When would I have to paint to get the $12 paint?. . Clerk: You would have to start very late at night in about three weeks.. . But you will have to agree to start painting before Friday of that week and. . continue painting until at least Sunday.. . Customer: You've got to be kidding!. . Clerk: I'll check and see if we have any paint available.. . Customer: You have shelves FULL of paint! I can see it!. . Clerk: But it doesn't mean that we have paint available. We sell only a. . certain number of gallons on any given weekend. Oh, and by the way, the. . price per gallon just went to $16. We don't have any more $12 paint.. . Customer: The price went up as we were talking?. . Clerk: Yes, sir. We change the prices and rules hundreds of times a day,. . and since you haven't actually walked out of the store with your paint. . yet, we just decided to change. I suggest you purchase your paint as soon as. . possible. How many gallons do you want?. . Customer: Well, maybe five gallons. Make that six, so I'll have enough.. . Clerk: Oh no, sir, you can't do that. If you buy paint and don't use it,. . there are penalties and possible confiscation of the paint you already. . have.. . Customer: WHAT?. . Clerk: We can sell enough paint to do your kitchen, bathroom, hall and. . north bedroom, but if you stop painting before you do the bedroom, you will lose . . your remaining gallons of paint.. . Customer: What does it matter whether I use all the paint? I already paid. . you for it!. . Clerk: We make plans based upon the idea that all our paint is used, every. . drop. If you don't, it causes us all sorts of problems.. . Customer: This is crazy!! I suppose something terrible happens if I don't. . keep painting until after Saturday night!. . Clerk: Oh yes! Every gallon you bought automatically becomes the $200. . paint.. . Customer: But what are all these "Paint on sale from $10 a gallon" signs?. . Clerk: Well, that's for our budget paint. It only comes in half-gallons.. . One $5 half-gallon will do half a room. The second half-gallon to. . complete. . the room is $20. None of the cans have labels, some are empty and there. . are no refunds, even on the empty cans.. . Customer: To hell with this! I'll buy what I need somewhere else!. . Clerk: I don't think so, sir. You may be able to buy paint for your. . bathroom and bedrooms, and your kitchen and dining room from someone else, but you. . won't be able to paint your connecting hall and stairway from anyone but us.. . And I should point out sir, that if you paint in only one direction, it will. . be $300 a gallon.. . Customer: I thought your most expensive paint was $200!. . Clerk: That's if you paint around the room to the point at which you. . started. A hallway is different.. . Customer: And if I buy $200 paint for the hall, but only paint in one. . direction, you'll confiscate the remaining paint.. . Clerk: No, we'll charge you an extra user fee plus the difference on your. . next gallon of paint. But I believe you're getting it now, sir.. .. . Customer: You're insane!. .. . Clerk: But we're now Canada's only paint supplier! And don't go looking. . for. . bargains!. .. . Thanks for painting with Air Canada.. .. . Next!