Based on a true story, actually. Except that instead of a birthday gift, it was a reward promised by the manager of a restaurant to the employee who won a month-long beer selling contest. Surprise surprise, the manager got sued for the bait-and-switch.
So true. There was this one time when I was reconnecting with an old acquaintance online to discuss religion, both of us knowing full well we were going to disagree. (I normally do not recommend this approach when reconnecting with an old friend😄 However, the situation was kinda unique in this case.)
Anyway, eventually we got done exchanging pleasantries and going over the purpose of our upcoming discussion (to discuss our differing religious beliefs). There was kind of a lull in our conversation over DM as we prepared to discuss controversial topics. I figured that the perfect ice-breaker would be to send this meme of Poe from The Force Awakens facing Kylo Ren at the beginning and being like "So who talks first?" But she just launched right into the discussion before I could send it☹️
