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Me and my girl friend are visiting New York. She is from Iran and I am from Louisiana. We took a boat tour and saw the Manhattan Bridge, so afterward we went to Dumbo to take pictures.

By Dumbo, there was a nearby ice cream truck and she really wanted some ice cream. I don’t eat it. But, I said what the hay and ordered a cone, she got a small cup. I noticed that 1. none of the items had prices, 2. The truck said “cashless” (meaning only card 3. and the young Italian guy working in the truck was handing people a small white device to tap the card on, no screen, very quick tap and thank you!

The truck had a decent amount of options. When I tapped, my card declined. I asked how much the ice cream was, he said 15 dollars each. He charged my card for 32.66. The ice cream was already in my hands and people were behind me. A hard issue.

Later, a large family of tourists from Europe approached. The kids Had been handed their ice cream before the father paid. He asked how much and the guy replied “one five ($15.)” each. “That’s too much,” he said. I felt bad, the ice cream was already in his kids’ hands. The young bloke working at the ice cream truck goes “that’s the boss man’s prices not mine.” It sounded like he had to say that a few times already.

Is this normal?