A Tense Negotiation

 Photo by Konstantin Pudan on Unsplash

Prompts = Tense, Expensive, Savvy

The fruit seller looked shrewdly at the obvious tourist. The tourist held the oranges almost possessively, not understanding a word the stall owner said.

A pink plastic calculator appeared in the seller’s hand, a proposed price on the screen.

The hungry tourist, savvy to the ways of street venders, waved the price away; at that price, the oranges were much too expensive. A lower number was typed on the calculator.

A tense negotiation broke out, numbers exchanged back and forth before both parties found a happy medium.

The vendor made a sale. The tourist saved 24 cents in his currency.

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