Fandom High Welcome Picnic, Front Lawn of the School, All Day: Part III

[bigdamnprincipal]

Amazingly enough, this part of the lawn looked pretty clear. For the moment, at least.

[Welcome to the third post, for more general chatting. This part of the picnic is going on at the same time as the previous two posts. Feel free to continue the conversations you've already started in those posts, and make new threads there if your browser isn't crashing yet, but otherwise, if you want to make a new thread come on in here.]

Comments

Re: More General Chatting

[notclueful]

Cher happened by the table, and couldn't help but stare. "This place is weird," she decided.

Re: More General Chatting

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"Yes," she nodded. "That'll be five cents, please. Cookie?"

Re: More General Chatting

[notclueful]

"Um, hello. You didn't tell me anything," Cher pointed out. "I don't need to pay you anything."

Re: More General Chatting

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"I confirmed that this place is weird," she argued, "so technically, I told you the truth."

Re: More General Chatting

[notclueful]

"Except that I never asked you to, therefore we never even had a verbal contract. You rendered your services voluntarily. Therefore, I'm not obligated to pay a thing."

Re: More General Chatting

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"You didn't have to ask," Dawn said, pulling things out of her ass from way too much time spent watching Court TV and Judge Judy. "You saw the sign, and by saying something that required a response, you accepted the contract and its terms."

She held her hand out. "Five cents, please."

Re: More General Chatting

[notclueful]

"Oh, please, I was totally making an observational comment and you interpreted it the way you wanted, which was as something that required a response. And you don't have a disclaimer anywhere!"

Re: More General Chatting

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"What kind of disclaimer did you want on the sign? 'Don't read this and say things requiring verification if you don't want to pay the charge?' How much common sense don't you have? Also, hi. Just a nickel."

Re: More General Chatting

[notclueful]

"It's the principle of the thing, you scam artist!" Cher said.

Re: More General Chatting

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"The principle of if you don't want to pay the price when you see the sign, you shouldn't ask the question?"

Re: More General Chatting

[notclueful]

"The principle of other people not expecting anything from things you didn't necessarily say to them."

Re: More General Chatting

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"Well then maybe you shouldn't go around just randomly talking," she said helpfully.

Re: More General Chatting

[notclueful]

"Oh, as if! What are you going to charge me for this conversation?"

Re: More General Chatting

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

The 'as if' clued her in. "Oh, like you can't afford it? But I didn't tell you anything, so I'm not going to charge you. I'm not dishonest!"

Re: More General Chatting

[notclueful]

"You know what?" Cher said, and reached into her purse to get a whole dime out, putting it on the table. "And that'll save me the trouble next time you decide to try and con people."

Re: More General Chatting

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"You know what? Keep your dime. I don't want you to think you won this."

Re: More General Chatting

[notclueful]

"Too late," Cher said, and turned to walk away, leaving her dime on the table.

Re: More General Chatting

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"Oh, whatever," Dawn grumbled, not touching the dime.