Conversation Etiquette

[danceswithwaves]

At this fair a couple weeks ago, I was in a merchandise booth looking for something and the shopkeeper asked if he could help me.  I said yes, I was looking for a Turkish coffee pot.  He said no, he didn't sell them, and then proceeded to have a "conversation" with me about why it's not just a Turkish coffee pot, but actually a Mediterranean coffee

Comments

[sartorias]

Yeah, sometimes people can be missing the clues, they are so intent on what they are saying. (And sometimes they are trying to use social levers to prevent you from leaving.)

[danceswithwaves]

Hmm, that's a good point. A shopkeeper would want me to buy his stuff. (And in the counter-example, I was already buying an item, so he wouldn't have been concerned about that.)