Cash only¹¹

In Florida, Savyasachi and I went to a famous bird store, but I have more of a variety in my house. They had only six or eight kinds of birds, but of each kind they had hundreds. What shall I do with number? I was looking for variety.

The lady asked, “Do you have cash? We take only cash.”

Savyasachi said, “Yes, we have cash.”

Then the lady said, “If you don’t buy at least $300 worth, you have to pay a penalty of $25.” Now, am I stupid enough to buy $300 worth of birds just to save $25?

We saw some beautiful lovebirds. I wanted to buy one or two. The lady said again, “Mind you, it is cash!”

Then I got disgusted and said, “I am not going to buy it.”

The lady looked at me as though to say, “I was right. You don’t have cash!” She didn’t know it was because I was disgusted with her.

From:Sri Chinmoy,I love shopping, part 2, Agni Press, 1986
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