Dog Days of Summer

I made an appointment with a new dog groomer in town. The girl that actually grooms the dog changed jobs so I followed her. I had a 9:30 am appointment and arrived at 9:29 am to find the store closed. After waiting about five minutes a woman who turned out to be the owner and Kim the groomer come running from across the parking lot, apologizing. As I walked into the shop I see a sign that says please go online for a $5.00 coupon off your first visit. Prior to the appointment I did look online for any coupons but none appeared. I said to the woman that I looked online and did not find a coupon so could she take off the discount anyway. She said that I needed the paper. I said that I really did not want to go home and search for it and print it but I would do so if I had to. She said that she needs the coupon because "if she did it without the paper, people would use it more than once". I verified that this was a $5.00 off the FIRST visit coupon and she said yes. Well, if you need to register the dogs information and they keep a record of all visits, how could someone use a FIRST time coupon, twice? She looked at me blankly so I continued talking. "There is only one first time for something" I said. The next first time is called the second time. After that it is the third, etc. I saw her calculating the math in her head and then she got it! Right... one first. She said she would apply the discount to the service. All in all it was poor time management (opening the store late), poor math skills (how many firsts are there?) but a good haircut. I will go back there again.