This morning, i stopped to buy a banana at a fruit stand at the bottom of 1st ave. the sign said, '25 cents each', so i picked one up. And then this absurd exchange followed:

"50 cents for that banana"

"But the sign says 25 cents!"

"This is America."

"But the sign says 25 cents!!!"

"It's American money."

"But the sign says 25 cents!!!!!!!!!!!"

"Ok pay me whatever you want."

Love getting hustled about bananas on my way to work. Really, it was so ludicrous it amused me, and i found myself laughing with the vendor as I handed over my quarter.

This is America, indeed.