/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/57995495/866597318.jpg.0.jpg)
AW: Oh look, I’m out of cheese. I should go to the store.
[goes to store]
[picks out his favorite cheese; goes to the counter to pay]
Cashier: “That’ll be £2.50, please.”
AW: [Takes money out of his pocket; starts to spin the coins in his palm]
Cashier: “What are you doing?”
AW: “Paying you for the cheese, of course.”
Cashier: “You can just hand me the coins, you know.”
AW: [smiling] “I know.”
AW: [shows off foot dexterity by juggling coins with both feet and knees]
Cashier: “Again, sir, you can hand me over your coins. I will accept that as payment, at which point you can walk out of the store with your cheese. It doesn’t need to be this difficult.”
AW: “That is the simple way of paying for cheese. I prefer there to be an exhibition, to show others around me that there can be untapped beauty in the world.”
Cashier: [staring]
AW: “In today’s world we lack the ability to express ourselves in normal situations. Why pay for cheese by handing you the coins, or swiping my debit card, when I can make it much more beautiful of a transaction instead?”
Cashier: “You’ve now wasted five minutes of time that could have been spent eating the cheese, or helping out other customers. Do you feel good about yourself?”
AW: [smiling] “Yes!”
Cashier: “I’m going to need you to either hand me the coins in the next couple seconds, or set the cheese down and leave.”
AW: [kicks a coin up from his knee to the back of his neck, impressively balancing the coin while holding both hands out and smiling]
Cashier: [sighs, checks out the next person in line]