(22/07/12) - What your PRICE???

I walk into a shop in Laos that sells sunglasses.

Straight away someone jumps up like he has been bitten, runs over and stands WAY inside my personal space, points and says "sunglasses".

I say "yes, I can see that" and he just keeps on picking up random pairs and handing them to me. I say "just looking" and can feel him staring at me like he expects me to burst into song.
If I touch ANYTHING, he will launch into the bargaining spiel: "This one 80,000 kip, no? 70,000. What your price? How much? I do deal, (60,000) I do bargain, what your price, your price, your price, what your price ...... ?"

To touch ANY item is to make an unbreakable pact with the owner and they will follow you to the grave before they let you off the hook.
I go into the next shop and the same thing.

My question is this: Does this sales technique work anywhere? Do Asians themselves like to be bugged and told what to choose, or is it universally annoying?

You walk into a restaurant and sit down with a menu and you might as well be invisible. The one time when you want them to come over and serve you and they are all texting or playing 'Angry Birds' on their iPhones.

When you do order, it will take 20 minutes and be wrong. A roast turkey or a cup of tea - 20 minutes. That means the turkey is under done and the tea didn't even get started until 18 minutes after you ordered it.

Also: why are those damn angry birds so angry? Have they been out shopping and told: "SHOES - try these, or these, or these. Just buy something ... how much your price? pick one, bargain with me, what your price? what your PRICE?????" in every shop.
I just don't get it.
I'm sorry, I'm getting cranky. I've been shopping and I haven't eaten today.