"...she yells that she does not want to get ripped off."

Ya know, maybe it's just me. And maybe it's just me being old and cranky or having a particular upbringing, etc.. But that phrase "getting ripped off" to describe anything other than an actual theft or fraud sets off alarms for me. Now maybe it's just a different habit of speech than mine or something else benign, but to my mind there's a huge difference between overpaying, or selling something too cheaply and getting ripped off.

I distrust people who don't know the difference. It makes me wonder what's going through their mind when they set a price or offer to buy something. Nobody wants to overpay or be underpaid. Sure, but in negotiating we all represent our own position, the seller wants what he can get the buyer wants to pay the least possible. I don't think of either of them as trying to rip someone off. So this gal (or guy) who thinks in terms of getting "ripped off" what is her goal? Is it to rip someone off. It must be if getting ripped off is the alternative.

Then again, maybe it's just how some people talk. Even then it's a crappy use of language instead of a crappy outlook.

/rant