An old man was sitting by the roadside, calmly selling watermelons from a wooden stand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A small handwritten sign read: A young man walking by noticed the sign and smirked to himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEasy math,\u201d he thought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Continue reading on next page\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n He stepped up and said, \u201cI\u2019ll take one watermelon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThat\u2019ll be $3,\u201d the old man replied with a gentle smile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The young man paid, took his watermelon, then paused\u2026 and came back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019ll take another one.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAnother $3,\u201d said the old man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The young man paid again, grabbed the second watermelon, then came back a third time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOne more.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c$3,\u201d the old man repeated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now holding three watermelons, the young man turned around, clearly pleased with himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As he began walking away, he couldn\u2019t resist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHey, old man!\u201d he called out with a grin. \u201cDo you realize I just bought three watermelons for $9 instead of $10? Maybe business isn\u2019t your thing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The old man looked up, his expression calm and unchanged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He watched the young man for a moment\u2026 then chuckled softly to himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFunny,\u201d he murmured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The young man stopped. \u201cWhat\u2019s funny?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The old man leaned back in his chair and said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEvery time someone tries to prove they\u2019re smarter than me\u2026 they end up buying three watermelons instead of just one.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The young man blinked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The old man continued, smiling:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou came for one. You left with three. And somehow\u2026 you think you won.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The young man stood there in silence for a second, then slowly looked down at the heavy watermelons in his arms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He opened his mouth\u2026 then closed it again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The old man tipped his hat and added:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSon, business isn\u2019t always about the price\u2026 sometimes it\u2019s about the outcome.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n And with that, the young man walked away\u2014this time a little less certain about who really got the better deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" An old man was sitting by the roadside, calmly selling watermelons from a wooden stand. A small handwritten sign read:1…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14487,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14486"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14488,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14486\/revisions\/14488"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
1 for $3 or 3 for $10<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n