Can anyone guess what I'm doing...

Just examine this photo for a moment... It was taken in a mercado in Punta Arenas, Chile(feel free to click on the image to enlarge it)


Paul took this shot of me while I was arguing about money. I wasn't in anyway loud, nor impolite- so, I'm unsure as to why I drew such a crowd. The issue was regarding a purchase I had made a couple days earlier. I'd bought a bottle of cerveza. And, as is common, they charged an additional deposit for the bottle- the idea being that every time you return for another bottle, you bring back the old. What confused me, and generated the crowd you see in the picture, was their lack, and determined stance, that I couldn't get my money back. Each individual I spoke with was insistent that I should just buy another cerveza; and each time, my response was "I wasn't interested." I tried being flexible, and even offered to take a store credit. But, they were insistent that I needed to just purchase another cerveza. Uninterested, and fed-up of explaining and discussing (well over 15 minutes), I finally just broke into a mode of "no comprende... no...no... por que... donde esta mi dinero... yo, solomente interesto in dinero, no mas" (can't understand. Where is my money? I'm only interested in getting money). With this, 'Finally', someone opened the cash register and returned my bottle deposit... A measly .75 American cents. But hey, it was great practice with Spanish; it was the principle of the matter; and, I got a funny photo out of the whole thing!