The elegantly dressed gentleman entered the sumptuously appointed cocktail lounge. After surveying the many patrons gathered there, he motioned for silence and called, "Bartender, I'd like the opportunity of buying a drink for everyone in the place." After a brief pause, he added, "And please have one yourself."
This generosity was hailed and toasted by one and all.
After downing his own drink and bidding everyone adieu, the fine fellow started for the door. His progress was interrupted by the slightly embarrassed bartender. "I hate to bother you, sir," he began, "but the tab comes to two hundred dollars. ..."
"So what are you bothering me for? I don't have as much as a penny," replied the gentleman.
Realizing that a cruel hoax had been perpetrated upon him, the enraged bartender seized the brash fellow, beat him sharply about the head and shoulders and threw him into the street.
The following afternoon, the bartender was amazed to see the same man come into the lounge. The deadbeat stopped and motioned once again for silence. As a hush fell over the crowd, he snapped his fingers and shouted, "Bartender, drinks for everyone. That is, everyone but you—I've seen the way you act when you get a drink in you."
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