A shopkeeper (of antique jewelry that probably ought to be in a museum) told me there was a new protocol.
Shopkeepers no longer offer mint tea at the beginning of discussions.
This was too forward, implied a debt.
Now they close a chat or sale with the offer of tea.
You choose to buy, you choose not to - we are hospitable either way.
It's a bright and shiny new souk protocol.
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