The Tamil bookstore32

I bought quite a few Indian books in a Tamil bookstore in Kuala Lumpur. The bill came to 57 Malaysian dollars. They told me there was a $5 discount, so it became $52.

I said, “Can you not give it to me for $50?”

One manager and two assistants were there. The manager said, “Already we have given you a discount. We will not go any lower.” She was showing off, and then she went away.

The two assistants were very sad that I was not going to buy the books. They were speaking together in Tamil.

As soon as she left, I took $50 out of my wallet and gave it to them. In Tamil I said, “It is sufficient.”

O God, the manager overheard me speaking Tamil. She practically came running over and grabbed the bill from her assistant. She smiled at me and said, “You speak Tamil?”

I said, “For twenty years I lived in South India!”

Then she gave me the books for $50.


LS 205. January 1989

From:Sri Chinmoy,I love shopping, part 5, Agni Press, 1994
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