SH and the "I smoke hash!" guy in Marrakesh.Conversation with the young woman standing outside the Vietnamese grocery store that happens to be next to a police station.
YW: Ma'am, would you buy me some cigarettes [in the convenience store next to the Vietnamese store, which is the best place to shop for persimmons, bok choy, and shallots]?
Me: No.
YW: Please! I'll give you the money.
Me: No. If you're asking me, it's because you're underage and that's illegal.*
YW: I'm 24!
Me: Then why don't you buy them yourself?
YW: Because I can't buy in there!
Me: Why not?
YW: No reason.
Me: No.
YW: Please? Please?
Me: No.
Conversation the man who drove up as I was leaving had with the same young woman.
YW: Sir, would you buy cigarettes for me?
Man: No.
YW: Please! I'll give you the money.
Man: I ain't buying cigarettes for someone underage.
YW: I'm 24!
Man: Then buy them yourself.
YW: I can't!
Man: Why not?
YW: No reason.
Man: There has to be a reason.
YW: There isn't.
Man: No.
* I am not interested in breaking the law for someone else and I especially am not interested in going into a store and waiting in line to do a favor for a stranger.
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