Persistence, or The Crawl Less Traveled

First they asked, and I said, “nah, I'm busy.”

Then they asked, and I said, “no thanks.”

Then they asked, and I said, “I'm going out of town.”

Then they asked, and I said, before walking away,

“I think I'm already over my legal limit of fun for the day.”

Then they asked, and I said, “sure,”

and it has made all the difference.