Boy and the barber

An unmaintained and seeminly uneducated kid walks into a barber shop and the barber wispers to his customer ”This is the dumbest kid you’ll ever meet. Watch this!”
The barber holds out a dollar bill in one hand and 2 quarters in the other while motioning to the boy. The barber says “take your pick, son”.
The without a word the kid scurries off with the two quarters. To which the barber concludes to his customer “See, what’d I tell ya? Stupid boy, he’ll never learn!”
When the barber finishes up and the customer exits the shop he spots the boy in front of the ice cream store up the street. Meeting up with the boy he inquires “Son, can I ask you a question? Why did you pick the quarters instead of the dollar bill?”
Taking a break from licking his cone he replied “I turned down the dollar because the day I take it, the game is over!”