General Observations About Argentina
*They don´t have enough coins. Chris tried to pay for something that was 6 pesos with 7 pesos yesterday, the shop keeper looked at him as if Chris had asked him if he could borrow his car. "Don´t you have it in change!" barked the shop keeper.
This happens ALL the time, if you don´t give them the exact change they sometimes don´t serve you and even taxi drivers and bus drivers don´t seem to have change.
*Women carry their babies everywhere. They either don´t have push chairs or can´t be bothered with them. They carry them all slanty and I´ve seen the poor babies take a battering on their heads by the following; trolleys, people´s elbows, bags, lamposts, and even a door frame! This all happens whilst mums are totally oblivious chatting to their mates.
*Restaurant owners give homeless people free food. I thought this was lovely. There were hundreds of begars in Mendoza and the restaurant and bar owners took care of them, giving them little boxes of food.
*Pretty much everybody short changes you or overcharges you. Waitresses insist that you only gave them half of what you know you just gave them. Pharmacists give you half the amount of change they are supposed to, and when you remind them they pretend it was a mistake. Cleaners pick up anything you don´t lock up in your bag. Taxi drivers start their meters high in the hope that you won´t notice that it was double the minimum charge before you even got in. And so forth. This happens ALL the time, and I mean ALL the time. Makes me very very sad that they think this is ok. I´m sure they have a good reason to do it but I just don´t think it´s right.
*They have the best food in South America so far. Enough said.
This happens ALL the time, if you don´t give them the exact change they sometimes don´t serve you and even taxi drivers and bus drivers don´t seem to have change.
*Women carry their babies everywhere. They either don´t have push chairs or can´t be bothered with them. They carry them all slanty and I´ve seen the poor babies take a battering on their heads by the following; trolleys, people´s elbows, bags, lamposts, and even a door frame! This all happens whilst mums are totally oblivious chatting to their mates.
*Restaurant owners give homeless people free food. I thought this was lovely. There were hundreds of begars in Mendoza and the restaurant and bar owners took care of them, giving them little boxes of food.
*Pretty much everybody short changes you or overcharges you. Waitresses insist that you only gave them half of what you know you just gave them. Pharmacists give you half the amount of change they are supposed to, and when you remind them they pretend it was a mistake. Cleaners pick up anything you don´t lock up in your bag. Taxi drivers start their meters high in the hope that you won´t notice that it was double the minimum charge before you even got in. And so forth. This happens ALL the time, and I mean ALL the time. Makes me very very sad that they think this is ok. I´m sure they have a good reason to do it but I just don´t think it´s right.
*They have the best food in South America so far. Enough said.
posted by Chris at 7:16 PM
4 Comments:
Were you successful in your beef quest then?
I need a full post dedicated to the conclusion of the beef quest. Descriptions, timings, flavours, location and pictures. Why? Because, its a quest.
Who's this complete lack of suprise dude??
Ssssshhhh...I can secretly tell you that Beef Quest has been successfully completed. Except we don´t want to say much until we have pictorial evidence to show you.
Sam x
P.S. Complete lack of Surprise is a mistery (nudge wink DE)
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