Richard BF

As many pop psychologists will tell you, it is easy to win friends and influence people, if you know how. At work, we play a game we like to call “how to win food and influence people”, where we try to outdo each other in getting the best deal we can for lunch. Usually this involves the local Bakers’ Delight, because they’re such nice yet gullible people.

Today the stakes were raised when I stupidly bragged that I could get a 1/2 BBQ chicken from the local chicken shop, but made up of two drumstick pieces. This came out of a comment I made a few days ago that the place always gives me a drumstick for my 1/4, and not the breast, and that they must have chickens with four legs if that’s the case, because what are the chances?

A 1/2 BBQ chicken though is of course cheaper than two 1/4 chickens, and theoretically two drumsticks is two quarters, even though they actually weigh less and have less bulk than a 1/2 chicken. However they are more popular, as a quick whip around the office shows, which of course raises their value somewhat. The defining characteristic though, seems to be the fact that a 1/2 chicken isn’t cut into 1/4 pieces. Pretty obvious, but so long as your chat with the shop keeper steers clear of this fact, you’re probably fine.

Anyway, not to refuse a challenge, today I duly walked out with a 1/2 chicken, consisting of two 1/4 drumsticks. The question of course is will they allow me to get away with it again tomorrow?