That's the daily trivia question at the Caribou Coffee I go to. I get it right, I get ten cents off.
I thought I had it. I knew it alternated between, like 6 and 7 stars, so I counted up to 50 and realized the math didn't work. I looked behind me to make sure no one was waiting behind me. No one was. So I redid the math with 5 and 6 stars ... OK, 11 stars per two rows ... "seven!"
"Nine," she said.
And after I did the math, nine was perfect: If there are 11 stars per two rows, there are 44 for eight, and one more row of six stars equals nine.
How the fuck did I mess that up? I wasn't rushed, there wasn't anybody behind me after I got the answer right. God, how can I be so stupid? And now I paid a dime more than I should have.
I'm getting old. I'm breaking down.
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