Shop Employee: Hi. How can I help you?
Customer: Uh, I’d like to get a souvenir for my wife. Something special from this area.
Shop Employee: Okay. Well, how about this nice pearl necklace? It’s locally sourced from the nearby sea.
Customer: Uh, yeah . . . Let me see that . . . Oh, no. NO! That’s way too expensive. I’m not gonna [going to] spend $120 for something like that.
Shop Employee: Okay. How about this nice watch?
Customer: Oh, OH! That’s way too expensive, plus she already has a watch and a phone, so she can check the time of day whenever she likes.
Shop Employee: Ok, um. What about this nice shirt? It’s made with traditional designs, local tailor. Only $30.
Customer: Well, Oh! Oh no!
Shop Employee: [Woman sighs.] Let me guess. It’s the price. Is it too expensive?
Customer: Well, it’s . . . well, kind of.
Shop Employee: Didn’t you say this was for your wife? Shouldn’t you be getting her something nice? I mean, come on.
Customer: Hey. If you’re suggesting that I’m cheap or something, I’ll just, well, I’ll just go to another souvenir shop. They’ll probably treat me a lot better than you are.
Shop Employee: Yeah, good luck. They, [What?] they all closed while you were carrying on. I mean, we closed 15 minutes ago. [Oh!] You can pick up something at the airport if you want, but they’ll charge you an arm and a leg.
Customer: Uh, um. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Wait, wait. How much is this candy bar? She really likes chocolate.
Shop Employee: [Are] you serious? This is a Snickers bar. It’s not even one of their special novelty flavors. You can get this literally anywhere. How about this box of nice chocolates? They’re Belgian. I mean that’s not local, but they’re nice.
Customer: No. No, no, no, no, no. Whoa. No, no, no, no.
Shop Employee: Look. Just take it. [What?] I’m done. [The] least I can do is save your marriage.