I recently got into a situation where I was dealing with a shady business while travelling in Italy, I had to drop my luggage off at a luggage storage place near the train station. They initially told me a cheap price to store my luggage, but when I returned to collect it, they charged almost triple the price they initially gave me. I initially calmly told them that they were being disingenuous and I was not going to pay that price for my luggage but then they refused to return my luggage. After I threw them the amount they asked for, they returned my bags and threatened me to leave immediately or else they would call the police. I stayed a extra 2 minutes to slowly order my bags just to piss them off and left before the police came. Thankfully I was alone at this time, but it got me thinking how to act in this scenario when with a woman without her losing respect for you. I don't think it was worth too much of an effort to argue with them considering how small the amount was (30 euros instead of 10), but in this situation, it seems very difficult to not come off as being disrespected considering it was a lose-lose for me.
Obviously I could have done research on the place first, but what would be the ideal way to deal with a situation like this alone and with a woman present?
Obviously I could have done research on the place first, but what would be the ideal way to deal with a situation like this alone and with a woman present?