Thinking on your feet

A man in London walked into the produce section of his local Tesco's
supermarket and asked to buy half a head of lettuce. The boy working
in that department told him that they only sold whole heads of
lettuce. The man was insistent that the boy ask the manager about the
matter.

Walking into the back room, the boy said to the manager, "some old
bastard wants to buy a half a head of lettuce." As he finished his
sentence, he turned around to find that the man was standing right
behind him, so he quickly added, "and this gentleman kindly offered to
buy the other half."

The manager approved the deal and the man went on his way.

Later, the manager said to the boy," I was impressed with the way you
got yourself out of that situation earlier, we like people who can
think on their feet here, where are you from son?"

"New Zealand, sir," the boy replied.

"Why did you leave New Zealand ?" the manager asked.

The boy said "Sir, there's nothing but whores and rugby players there."

"Is that right? " replied the manager, " My wife is from New Zealand !"

"Really?" replied the boy, "Who'd she play for?"