# Couldn't get this 80s or 90s Reader's Digest joke **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 15, 2020, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couldnt-get-this-80s-or-90s-readers-digest-joke/918192 "2020-08-15T17:28:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couldnt-get-this-80s-or-90s-readers-digest-joke/918192/1 "2020-08-15T17:28:55Z")
Decades ago, the humor sections in Reader’s Digest were almost all real-life anecdotes, not the jokes that they are now. Sometime in the 80s or 90s, someone told a true anecdote that was published in RD’s joke section and I have never figured it out: _I was a pizza delivery guy. One time I delivered a pizza to a lady, and she gave me a $20 bill and told me to “keep the change.” Delighted at such a large tip, I took the bill and went back into my car, only to have her come and knock on the car window and clarify: “what I meant was, keep the **change**.”_ Is there some hidden meaning here? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couldnt-get-this-80s-or-90s-readers-digest-joke/918192)._