human
Make a concise location description of a depressing scene outside a road clearing with merchants, a signpost, and a painted sign.
assistant
The few lackluster stands that line the road in this spot seek to make their fortunes on quantity instead of quality. Fights erupt between the merchants -- to the delight of those stuck in traffic -- and constant price wars eliminate profits more often than not. Nailed to a signpost erected on the low side of the road is a painted sign whose message smeared into oblivion when the letters ran in the rain.