This may be kinda true

I heard a story about a young Man, I'll call Him Bert since I don't know His actual name. Anyway, Bert was down on His luck and was doing odd jobs just so He could pay His rent and eat.
He couldn't afford to advertise His services in the local newspaper so He walked door to door through the residential areas of town offering painting, roofing, yard work, etc.
One day a Guy told Him that His garage needed painting and asked Him how much He would charge to do a good job. They agreed to a price of $200.00 and Bert went to work the next morning. He scraped and sanded then scraped some more and sanded some more until it was ready to prime. Two coats of primer and 10 tubes of caulking later the garage was ready to paint. He worked two days brushing on two coats of paint over that primer. The whole job from start to finish took five full days. It was Friday and His rent was due when He went to collect His wages. He figured that the paint and other materials would cost about $75.00, His rent was $80.00, so that left $45.00 for Himself and He intended to take His girlfriend out on the town. The Guy thought that Bert had done a fine job. In fact it was such a fine job that He was going to offer Bert a chance to maybe double or triple His wages The Guy said that if Bert was to ask anyone in town about how much money He carried at times they would say hundreds of dollars. " I've been known to carry anywhere from $ 500.00 to a couple thousand. A Man just can't guess how much money I have on Me at any given time. What i'm gonna do is offer You a choice. You can take this check for $ 200.00 or You can take all the cash I have on Me today."
Bert had one hell of a decision to make. He thought it over and decided to take a chance. " OK " He said " I' ll take what You have on You right now. " I got $15.00, " Said the Guy.
Bert was so goddamn mad that He went back that evening and burnt that garage down, which Worked out all right for the Guy. Bert was arrested and convicted of arson, theGuy got $ 1500.00 insurance money and Bert got ten years in prison. The Guy laughed His ass off every time He told this story at the " Country Club "