Tickets

The woman in a theatre box-office was surprised one evening just before the show at the behavior of one man. He bought a ticket, went away, and then returned a few minutes later to buy another one. He went away again, returned and bought a third ticket. Then he went away yet again, returned and bought a fourth ticket! By now the show had started, so the woman in the box-office said "I hope you don't mind me asking, but why do you keep coming back and buying more tickets?" "Every time I try to get in to the auditorium," he replied, "some jerk takes my ticket and tears it in half!"