Ways to Play With A Person's Mind

Yesterday, I was in my local Starbucks. The cashier and customer were maligning the parking meter person/parking ticket issuer in the usual manner. When I arrived at the register, I told the cashier, with an offended look, that my father used to be a parking meter collector. He, with a horrified look, started apologizing profusely to me. I then laughed and said, “just kidding”!!! (My father was actually a doctor). Actually, I should have continued the charade and tried to get a latte out of it.