{"id":3181,"date":"2025-04-08T16:19:50","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T15:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/?p=3181"},"modified":"2025-04-11T16:48:38","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T15:48:38","slug":"the-insurance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/?p=3181","title":{"rendered":"The Insurance."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Three scientists\u2014Papaia, Banani, and Ravioli\u2014and their assistant Igor, who are supposed to attend the famous dark matter conference, board the wrong flight and end up on the other side of the world. After arriving at the wrong airport, they book a hotel for the night, but it\u2019s not exactly what they expected\u2026 in the sense that it\u2019s awful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After a rough night, they also get stuck in the elevator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are at the bar, where the clerk is finishing his coffee break with his friend Alfred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alfred: Forget about it! But hey\u2026 aren\u2019t you afraid someone might get sick in there and sue you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clerk: Sue me? No problem! I\u2019m insured for this kind of stuff!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alfred: Really? A cheapskate like you paying for insurance?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clerk: It\u2019s not that expensive!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alfred: Do you pay in installments?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clerk: No, it\u2019s a one-time payment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alfred: Is it the \u201cbonus-malus\u201d workplace accident policy?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clerk: No! It\u2019s a baseball bat!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026 It\u2019s \u201cmalus-malus\u201d!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alfred: Ah, I see! So if someone tries to sue you, you just show them your \u201cinsurance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clerk: Exactly! And I guarantee you\u2014it works!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alfred: So basically, it\u2019s a kind of insurance that covers everything\u2026 A customer refuses to pay? There\u2019s the insurance!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A customer wants to sue you? Here you go! Look at my nice policy! Problem solved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clerk: That\u2019s right! It works just like that! Don\u2019t want to pay? Here\u2019s the baseball bat!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026Got a complaint? Here\u2019s the baseball bat!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026Got issues with checking out at six? 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