My sisters and I ate lunch at our favourite Japanese restaurant.
When we got the bill, I presented my credit card and mentioned to the server we like to avail of the 50% discount the card-issuing-bank and the restaurant were advertising.
“Sorry, sir, but you do not qualify for the discount,” the server replied. “Only customers who reserved in advance qualify for the 50% off.”
The ad did say so…in the fine print.
I paid the bill but presented my and sister’s senior citizen cards which qualified us for a 20% discount.
It’s a lesson I always forget: read the fine print.
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