No Orange for you!

I have a gumball machine in my store and I run an ongoing competition with it. Every kid who puts 20c into the machine can guess a colour and if that colour gumball comes out they win a free weekly movie hire. It's a hugely popular competition and people will come in especially for it. I cap the number of guesses to 2 per child as not to promote an unhealthy addiction. This afternoon a mother brought her two young sons in to have a guess. The first kid guessed red. He put his money in, turned the lever and was given a blue gumball. Kids are never disappointed when they don't guess correctly because they still get the gum. So then the second son had his turn and this is where it gets really weird. He guessed orange but before he could turn the lever the mother abruptly said "Not orange. I don't want orange". I thought it was a little strange but kept to my business. I heard one click of the lever when she burst into a tantrum... "I said NO orange. I hate orange. What part of no orange don't you understand?". The kid was a little stunned, as was I. It's not like he was guaranteed to get orange. It's just a guess.. he had just as much chance of getting a green. The first son had guessed red and ended up with blue... for some reason this woman had made her mind up that orange was evil and even a stab in the dark was too risky for her. Now I wish I could tell you that the kid chose blue and ended up with orange but the truth is that he caved in to her pressure and chose pink...... and got pink. Dammit. 

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