The bakeries in Hong Kong are primarily self-service. You go in, grab a tray and some tongs, pick what you want, then take it to the register. This is what just happened to me:
Me: picks up quiche, misses tray, drops quiche on floor.
Bakery attendant, appearing out of nowhere: You drop you pay! You drop you pay!
Me: Okay, that's fine. Can you just -
Bakery lady: You drop you pay!
Me: Okay. Okay. Can you just ring me up for -
Bakery lady: Pay!
Me, trying to pay: Okay.
Bakery lady, attempting to shove dirty floor quiche into the bag with my other purchases: You have dog! You give dog!
Me: ... NO!
Bakery lady, still rubbing dirty quiche all over my nice clean scones: You take! You have dog!
Me: No! I don't have dog!
Bakery lady: Dog!
Me: No!
Bakery lady: You drop you pay!
It went on for this for about five full minutes. I'm not quite sure how I got out of there or what I paid for, but I got home with some relatively clean scones so I guess it turned out well.
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