Cal swung the torch in big, forgiving loops. There was nobody in the office. Least of all a guard dog, which a sign on the main gate warned patrolled the premises 24/7, but the sign came in at $4.99, which was a lot less than a 24-hour guard-dog presence cost.
— Dead Lions (Mick Herron), Loc. 1138–40
It’s so fucking stupid that the dollar sign is in there. Are your readers that stupid to not realise something is wrong? They’re in the fucking London, not in the United States (is that’s an American dollar, but of course it is). Fuck, I need to find British adaptation so desperately. It’s so tiresome to interact with this ‘the default country’ mindset.