One of the all-time classics
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Cook: I haven't made a dinner in 10 years, please pay me money to make a dinner for you!
Customer: You are a famous chef so OK, how much money do you need?
Cook: just enough for 10 people, and it will be done in 20 minutes and be the Best Damn Meal Ever!
Customer: ok, that sounds great! here is enough money for 50 people just in case.
Cook: wow thanks...
*20 minutes goes by*
Customer: So where's the meal?
Cook: well, since you gave me money for 50 people, I decided to change the recipe and make a bigger meal, so I started over. It's going to take an hour now, but I need more money. It will be the Best Damn Meal Ever!
Customer: OK, still sounds great. Here is money for 100 people just in case.
Cook: Thanks it will be ready in an hour!
*hour goes by*
Customer: So where's the meal?
Cook: funny thing, we had a problem with cooking the recipe backbone, and had to start entirely over again. And we need more money, and it will take all rest of the day now. But it will still be the Best Damn Meal Ever!
Customer: I am getting pretty hungry, can I at least get an appetizer?
Cook: I don't want to spoil the meal, so I won't show you anything form the main course, but here are some broken crackers to munch on. Send us More money now please!
Customer: OK, here is money for another 20 people, will that be enough?
Cook: Oh we always had enough money to make the meal, just the more money we get, the more ingredients we can put in it!
Customer: OK, I will wait till the end of the day.
*end of the day*
Customer: So where's the meal?
Cook: *silence*
*the next day*
Customer: I am getting kind of tired eating broken crackers, where is the meal? You said it would be the BDME?
Cook: It's coming along great! But I don't want to show you anything or it might spoil it. And we need more money again, but now we won't be delivering all the ingredients, we can only put the Minimum Viable Ingredients into the meal.
Customer: I don't care, I am starving, just serve whatever you got please.
Cook: Ok I will give you a slice of the meal later today to snack on while we finish the meal.
Customer: for sure later today?
Cook: Yes! For sure later today! Also please send us more money for better ingredients, and cash only no credit!
*end of day*
Customer: So where is the slice of the meal?
Cook: *silence*
Customer1: This is Bullshit™
Customer2: The Cook never promised to give you a slice!
Customer1: Yes he did you idiot, he said it just 7 lines above this one!
Customer2: You can't rush a good meal! Stop acting like an entitled special snowflake-- oh look here comes the cook again, I bet he has our slice!
Cook: Hey, while you are waiting, here is a menu to browse through which shows all the ingredients we are working with, and estimated times for cooking. And please send us more money again, cash only no credit!
Customer1: well, that makes me feel better at least, here's money for another 20, thank you.
Customer2: I am sure we will get that slice, and the morrow tour, and 2.6 and 3.0 in the next 5 minutes because they probably were cooking them all at the same time!...
*Customer1 stabs Customer2 in the head with a salad fork*
