They’ve got gizmos and gadgets a-plenty, they’ve got whozits and whatsits galore. You want a thing-a-mabob? They got twenty. You want selfie-sticks? They got a ridiculous number of those too.
This is the reason why selfie-sticks, as much as you love to hate’em, are never going away: because apparently the demand is so high that (1) they’re still churning them out; and (2) they’re now being churned out … with variants.
In any case, I hardly think selfie-sticks are going to ruin the moral fabric of society, so I’m totally fine with this. Notice, tho, the placard sticking out of the bin, in the back? On that placard there’s some writing in red, followed by “190/250.”
Apparently, this refers to some sort of pricing convention here where, when asked how much something is, the shopkeeper immediately quote the price per unit, followed automatically by the total price for two of the same kind. The second number, obviously, reflects a discount. In this case, instead of charging 280 for two selfie sticks selling at 190 apiece (double the nice, at twice the price!!!) the seller takes a 30 Taiwanese dollar hit. A Taiwanese dollar, if you’re wondering, equivalent to 0.03 USD.
