This is a fairly typical shopping excursion in local stores. We have at the moment two fairly large supermarkets although the distribution and stocking system is not always reliable--that means what is in good supply one week might totally disappear from the shelves for the next several weeks.
Rod wanted to make a quick trip to buy coffee and corned beef (in a can). You might think this would take 15 or 20 minutes at the most. He went to one market (mama watoto) only to find they had only very small (expensive) packs of coffee. So he trotted down the street to yako, thinking he would buy both items there. OK for the coffee, but the store is run by Hindus, so no corned beef. Back across the stree to mama watoto, where there is corned beef in two sizes. He buys the larger one. The girl on the cash rings up the smaller size. Rod, being honest, says that's not enough. They check and he's right. Only the cash register is out of ink and the receipt is so faint, they can't read the transaction number to make the correction. Eventually about 45 minutes later he pays for a 'price adjustment' on a new receipt.
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