I Am Sorry

The other day I went shopping and I bought a few things. At one store I asked a saleslady for a shopping bag. She said I had to pay twenty cents extra.    

I asked, "Are you Hawaiian or Japanese?"    

She said, "I am Japanese, and I am sorry I asked you for twenty cents extra." She gave me the bag and wouldn't take the twenty cents from me. Afterwards, I got a few more things. As I was going out, she followed me and said very fast, "I am sorry."    

[Source: "I Am Sorry" in Sri Chinmoy,  I Love Shopping, Part 1.  First published by Agni Press in 1985. Copied from the web pages of  www.SrinChmoyLibrary.com/Sri-Chinmoy-love-shopping/part1.]