Kampala — An elderly white man recently amused onlookers in Nakasero Market when he argued with a hawker over the quantity of beans he had bought. The hawker had convinced the white man that two mugfuls (tumpeco) of beans were equal to one kilogramme.

After paying sh1,000, the white man saw a weighing scale and decided to weigh the beans. To his dismay, the beans weighed only 950 grammes. He went after the hawker and told him to add him 50 grammes.

When the hawker refused, the man demanded for his money back. In broken English, the hawker tried to convince the man to take the beans in vain.

The white man insisted on getting his money back and succeeded. He warned the hawker to stop playing tricks on customers.