Layaway Incident

One day, Matt went to Wal-Mart with his friends. He was there to pick up a new video game, but he didn't have quite enough cash. That was okay though, because he was going to put it on layaway.

Matt put ten dollars down on his game by paying the clerk in the Layaway department and watched her box it up and take it into the back. And then he waited.

And waited.

And waited.

His friends were all ready to leave, so they asked him what he was waiting for.

"For my game, of course!" Matt replied.

Matt had of course confused layaway with a pay-in-installments program. He didn't realize that he would not receive his game until he had paid it in full. It took several minutes of explaining by his friends before the point sunk in.

"It's called LAYAWAY, Matt," Mike said, "They take it, and lay it away."

Matt stood there for several seconds, silently pondering, before scowling "Fucking Mondays!"