Sta.sh
Acquire
by ~recursive-j"But they don't want to buy anything," he said, shuffling through his wallet. "I mean, they sit in their little huts and we show them all the stuff we've brought, and they don't want any of it." He pulled out a card and handed it over. "The eight-seater, right? Thanks, honey." He sighed theatrically. "It's frustrating, having no common ground like that."
"I'm sorry, sir," the cashier said, "Your card has been declined."
"What? Cripes!" he muttered, sorting through his cards and giving her another. "That one should work. ...Like I was saying, these people are so completely primitive and uncivilized that they don't ever want to buy anything. How do you even talk to savages like that?
(But seriously, the point of reference for this story was actually Europeans in Africa.)