The Ten-Cent Store

In 1964 I went into a store in Greenwich Village. It was a ten-cent store-they said everything was ten cents. I was so happy because I only had two dollars with me. I selected a few things and then I went to pay. They said I owed three dollars.
I said, "What is this? Everything is supposed to be ten cents!"

Then they showed me that on the sign there was an arrow pointing up, just after it said ten cents.

Last month, I went to Greenwich Village to see a doctor for my leg and I looked for that famous ten-cent store. But it is no longer there.

[Source: "The Ten-Cent Store" in Sri Chinmoy, My Consulate Years, Agni Press / Aum Publications, Jamaica, NY, 1996, p.115.]