“...a man stood in a wooden booth surrounded by tomatoes, cucumbers,
and boiled potatoes in buckets of water. High stacks of white bread and a bowl
of butter on his table, he sliced the vegetables fine. A series of cardboard
signs in English hung...from the ceiling.....
DO NOT ASK FOR CREDIT
DO NOT DISCUSS OUR
COMPETITOR'S RATE
DO NOT ASK FOR FREE
PLASTIC BAG
DO NOT ASK FOR EXTRA
TOMATO SAUCE
DO NOT STAY FOR LONG
TIME AFTER EATING
--- from Last Man in Tower by Aravind Adiga
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