Shortsightedness

It baffles me that people still operate with this mentality of ripping someone off to make a quick buck here and now. What about tomorrow and the next day? You only get away with it once. You can probably guess that today I was lied to and ripped off. It cannot be denied that there is a culture of picardía here but it amazes me that people don´t learn that it just doesn´t work. Today I was lied to about plums. The guy promised me that they were sweet and they weren´t. Oh well big deal but he also charged me over three euros for a very small amount. He is the fool as I just won´t go back there.....Well, I thought I wouldn´t go back there until I decided to have it out with him.

Whilst I was in there saying my piece a woman told me to go back to my own country if I didn´t like it...a predictable response. I did feel a bit ganged up on but I felt like I had to tell him that I knew what his game was. We finished up amicably agreeing to differ. He had argued his case complaining about supplier prices. I argued my point about first impressions. Hmm maybe I will go back there to see if next time he will offer me a better deal on the plums.