[nerdponx]

The former, and the cashier can also tell you the price of any item before you have to pay for it. However that doesn't help much if you are a foreigner and don't speak English well.

[a4a4a4a4]

> However that doesn't help much if you are a foreigner and don't speak English well.

Well... welcome to the world? You'll have the same issue traveling to South America, Europe, Asia. When you travel and end up in a country where you don't speak the native language, communication gets more difficult. This is a non-issue.

[scambier]

The issue being discussed is the lack of price tags. If I'm a foreigner and don't speak the language, at least I know how much I'll pay beforehand.

[b112]

Quite. Reading numbers is far easier than someone saying those numbers in a foreign language.

If someone speaks 10.43 to me in German, I have no idea.

[vetinari]

Even street vendors in random Asian places will punch the numbers into calculator and show you. You don't have to understand the language.

[b112]

Have to? No. But that's not the point.

[em-bee]

it's an issue when you are an introvert, or busy, in a large market. shopping would take hours if i had to ask every stall for the price of every item that i want. so i usually ignore stalls that don't post prices.