On my way to work, especially in this warm weather, I often stop to buy fruit at a fruit-and-vegetable stand near my place of employment. Given the time of year, there are a lot of peaches and nectarines (both of which I love) on display.
This morning, I stopped at the stand and looked at them, picking them up and giving them a quick squeeze to test for ripeness. Suddenly, a voice blared from the stand; I looked up to see the woman at the stand looking at me, as was the customer. I took another look at the fruit without touching it, then picked up a couple more fruits and tested them, deciding to buy them. As I approached the stand, the woman told me (loudly) that I couldn't do that. I don't speak one whole hell of a lot of Czech, but I got the general idea of wht she ws saying.
Now, I must say, I don't understand this. If I had been manhandling the fruit, dropping it, or worse yet, biting into it, I can understand her being upset. But checking it to see if it's ripe? That didn't make sense to me. I went ahead and bought the fruit before giving way to my evil side.
I told her pleasantly, and in English, "Since this is a problem, I won't buy any more fruit here."
She didn't understand, as I knew she wouldn't. I know - not nice of me.
I'm still confused by her reaction to me checking the fruit. Is there something I don't know about checking the fruit to see if it's ripe?
This morning, I stopped at the stand and looked at them, picking them up and giving them a quick squeeze to test for ripeness. Suddenly, a voice blared from the stand; I looked up to see the woman at the stand looking at me, as was the customer. I took another look at the fruit without touching it, then picked up a couple more fruits and tested them, deciding to buy them. As I approached the stand, the woman told me (loudly) that I couldn't do that. I don't speak one whole hell of a lot of Czech, but I got the general idea of wht she ws saying.
Now, I must say, I don't understand this. If I had been manhandling the fruit, dropping it, or worse yet, biting into it, I can understand her being upset. But checking it to see if it's ripe? That didn't make sense to me. I went ahead and bought the fruit before giving way to my evil side.
I told her pleasantly, and in English, "Since this is a problem, I won't buy any more fruit here."
She didn't understand, as I knew she wouldn't. I know - not nice of me.
I'm still confused by her reaction to me checking the fruit. Is there something I don't know about checking the fruit to see if it's ripe?
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