The refreshing scowl

Corbett | November 8, 2006 8:22 AM

I was in a cloth market yesterday looking for sofa fabric, and it was refreshing to see that some of the old China was still in force. I remember 15 years ago going into a shop, and pointing at something on the wall, and asking to buy it, and the clerk would simply scowl and say mayo.

Me: Excuse me, can I take one of your namecards please?

Clerk: [Scowling] Why do want with our namecard?

Me: So I know how to come back here to buy the material in your shop.

Clerk: [Scowl]

Me: Do you even want to try to sell me this material?

Clerk: [Scowl]

Me: Or I can go somewhere else, like next door, since there's no reason I would ever want to buy anything from you.

Clerk: [Scowl]

Category: Mr. Asia

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