Buying Speaks Louder Than Words

I work on a casual basis in an Indian restaurant/Take-Away.  My shift was winding down and it was almost time to close up, I was cleaning up my workspace.  I started to hear loud voices coming from near the cash register, not yelling but a raised voice.  It was a customer complaining about one of the take away foods and how he thought it was really expensive. 

First the business has been around for 20 years now, you would think that the owners would have some sort of gauge on pricing.  Secondly, the customer, after complaining, still proceeded to buy some food!  Such hypocrisy!  

Capitalism is a form of monetary democracy, if you don’t like it, don’t buy it, the market will punish those that price their goods too high.  The man’s purchase of the food in the takeaway is a sign of support for something he is supposedly against.  Now there will be a case for him buying the food because he was already there and he had to bring home some dinner, so there was some opportunity costs at play. Nevertheless, the man still deemed the food there at a price level that he would find it acceptable to buy.  I don’t know if that’s good pricing or pure laziness (there are other take aways around the area). 

But c’mon, if you’re going to complain, back it up with some action.