NaBloPoMo Day 23: The Weird Transaction that occurred while purchasing a gigantic bowl

Speaking of the gigantic bowl in the gift shop at Olana, it had a koi decorative motif. I asked Tom if he wanted me to buy it for him for Christmas and he was into it.

This is not the actual bowl, i wrapped it up already, but it's close.
And similarly gigantic.

See what I mean? It's big. There's koi.

I hauled the bowl up to the cash register. It was heavy this bowl, and also not cheap. The cashier lady, who was objectively odd, scanned the price. I tapped my phone.

Then she said, "Would you like to round up to the nearest dollar and donate the change to the museum?"

I stared at her dumbfounded. First of all, the purchase price of the bowl made a 42 cent donation feel slightly ludicrous. Second of all, I was paying with ApplePay, THERE WAS NO CHANGE. Third of all, I'd ALREADY COMPLETED THE TRANSACTION.   

I said no.

Then she stared at the bowl, gaging its size and said, "you don't want any tissue paper or a box or anything do you?"

I said no again, but I did have a slight hint of WTF face going on, I'm sure. 

Luckily we had a yoga mat in the back of the car, so it was no big deal to transport the bowl buck naked. But yeah. That happened.