Time to visit the ear specialist31
People can be so kind! I was buying a garment for Alo at a store in Kuching, Borneo. The man said, “$90,” but I said the price was too high. Then he came down to $70.I said “$50.”
After some time he said, “Yes, yes!”
Then I gave him $50 and left with the garment to go to another store.
While I was in the second store, the fellow from the first store came running up to me and gave me $35.
I asked, “Why?”
He said, “You gave me $50, but the price we agreed on was only $15!”
From the beginning he was saying $19, whereas I thought he was saying $90. Then when he said $17, I thought he was saying $70.
So he came running after me to give me $35 back. I looked at him and gave him a $10 tip. He was so happy with that $10.
How nice he was! He could easily have kept the $35.
While giving him the $10, I said, “It is time for me to visit the ear specialist!”
LS 204. 30 December 1988↩
Sri Chinmoy, I love shopping, part 5, Agni Press, 1994
