Haggling in Thailand

So, I'm in Thailand right now and was out furniture shopping yesterday. I found the nicest table and wanted to buy it. So the guy gives me the white-person price and I offer him about 30% of what he said the price was. We haggled. He promised to give me "special price." It was frustrating.

But what was infuriating was when some Brit came into the store with a Big Gulp - both he and the soda were super sweaty - and he put the damned thing on the table I was trying to buy. I was so engrossed with the haggling that I didn't even notice for a couple of minutes. By the time the seller and and I noticed, it had left a giant ring on the table - ruining the damn thing.

So the vendor starts yelling at the Brit - who was the definition of a pretentious rich jackhole - and insisting that he pay for the table. At the original price. And the guy whips out a stack of cash and pays for it. The whole time I'm standing there, mouth agape. Finally, I looked at the seller and asked "What the hell, man?" and he gently explained "If you liked it, you should have put a ring on it. Don't be mad 'cause you see that he want it. If you liked it you should have put a ring on it."