New housewares shop in basement of new shopping complex
Need a new shower head
Locate their unpriced selection in shop shelves
Ask youngish man with shop shirt-logos the price...
"I don't know the price," he responded dismissively.
"You should know the price," I said with my ongoing motive of civilization, training.
"No, I should not know the price," he replied looking at me with challenge in his stance and glance.
"You work here?" I said, with no condescension or aggressive attitude or look.
"I'm Georgian." (As if that was an answer.)
"And I'm a...(as I searched for the word "customer" in Russian)..."
"...I will check the price."
He was not yet civilized, or trained, enough -- when he told me "130 rubles" -- to even reply to "Thank you."
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