Mr. X does Negril (2010) with No Reservations

[Mr. X]

Mr. X Does Negril (2010) with No Reservations

Chapter 30 (cont) – am at BarBBarn
September 7th, 2010 – Tuesday – (Day 4)
Being in a loud room with multiply people speaking makes me unable to understand anything people are saying. Which in turn makes me speak really loud (supposedly). On the other hand when there is no background noise or multiply conversations I can hear things from far away like conversations etc. Able to hear far off noises when it’s quiet. Can freak u out sometimes.

Anyhow so I can hear the gift shop behind me. Our girls had bought some stuff. Better than ur run of the mill cheap stuff. They have nicer stuff. Girls negotiated got better price. Girl was nice to them. My guess some kind of volume discount. Later our girls are sunning I am sitting a few feet from the beach but at outdoor table near souvenir shop.

Thanks and Praise (u know this phase represents anything from just being thankful to smoking my special cigars right? Or both).

Anyhow I can hear the girl (working at gift shop) talking to an Italian male tourist. Pretty friendly. Then they are negotiating over a shirt or something. I am laughing.

Any price the girl says the guy acts like she said 1 million dollars.
What are you crazy?
How much?
I cannot hear what number the girl is telling him but I can hear his reaction.
It is always the same like she said 1 million dollars.
That’s crazy!
Then he starts in on how much money she makes, because he says he must make way less than her because how is it possible for anybody to pay that much. Goes back in forth for 20 minutes.
Crazy sh*t.
I am laughing so hard.
He says things I had never even considered or could ever even imagine saying to people.
Not like nasty things but like everybody is ripping him off type stuff I guess. They go back and forth. Finally he says no too much and leaves. Not like yelling and cussing but more like exasperated.

So what do you think happened??

The girl goes out of the shop after him before he gets off the property and gets him to come back.
I was shocked and laughing more.
Seriously they negotiate for 10 more minutes.
Finally they reach a deal and he leaves with shirt or whatever it was. They both seemed happy.
A freaking 30 minute negotiation over a t-shirt?
Hard for me to believe.
Wow I am thinking I don’t know anything about negotiation.

Moral of story? How the F would I know. Not really sure. I don’t want to waste a solid 30 minutes on vacation or ever negotiating over a t-shirt. I don’t blame the girl at all. Business is slow. She knows at what price she can and cannot sell. I know this is a stereotype but No wonder vendors hate to have to negotiate with Italians.



We hung out and played in the ocean which was 20 feet from my table. Warm enough even at 9am to play in water. Sunny. Felt great. Vendors not got to high pressure volume yet. I am still at the table and wife and friends are on the beach. A guy walks up to the them with artwork. They don’t want to look at anything right now but yell at me.
Do you want to look at an artist’s work?
Depends on who the artist is I say.
Karl he says.
Karl Ricketts I say?
Yes.
Come on over Mr. Ricketts good to meet you. We sit at the table and talk for a little. I look at the few he has with him. Karl these are great but let me tell you what I want. My wife’s birthday is Wednesday and we are staying at the Blue Cave Castle. I have seen one of ur paintings of the castle. I would love a small painting of the Blue Cave Castle to give to her. Does not have to be on her birthday.

I know it’s worth a lot more but this is what I got is $100 if you can do it great if not no big deal my friend. He says no problem. I give him $20 to get my art work commissioned. Tell him we will talk at the Blue Cave Castle on Wednesday.

We went and talked to fruit guy again next door at Bourbon Beach. My friend is big on fruit. Fresh fruit is like eating dessert for me plus way healthier.
Hey we were here last night at show and we got fruit but you were not around. Guy said he was ur assistant last night. He confirmed this to be true. Saying he was here last night but was actually sleeping under the bar.

Excuse me? You were sleeping under the bar?
Dude I was here for hours it was loud I say.
Yes he said it is but that he is used to it.
So then we proceed to sample more fruit. He tells us the name of a bunch more I never heard of and I of course forget the names again one second after he told me. Maybe like 30 or more different kinds of fruit. Some were really good tasting.

I probably would not have gone over to fruit guy if my friend was not all into it. Frankly it was pretty fun trying all different stuff. I buy fruit at stores at home every day. I know what they sell it for. You can go and get fruit cheaper than right here but based on what I am use to this is inexpensive, educational, great tasting, healthy and damn sure convenient for me.


Night security guard next door sleeping I am guessing.