The other question we brought up was why someone would come to a site with mostly American, Canadian, and not-in-their-country members, but yet expect people to speak as if they could say for certain what their chances were of finding their dream girl in their own country?
We just have a tendency to notice patterns, and while we want to help and welcome anyone new to the site, we regulars are also passionate about protecting our good-hearted members from conversational black holes.
We just have a tendency to notice patterns, and while we want to help and welcome anyone new to the site, we regulars are also passionate about protecting our good-hearted members from conversational black holes.
As a "silly American" I got away with murder at times... everyone knew who we were even if we didn't speak Slovak or ever meet them. I literally went into the grocery store to get some chocolate bars and just held out some Euros. (I couldn't figure out what some of the prices were...it's just odd to me how they do things) and the ladies at the register all got in deep conversation over the subject and took the bills they wanted and gave me change. (It wasn't high prices I later figured out) But these ladies were thrilled to have an American in the store. I was treated like some sort of Rock Star.
Got the exact opposite treatment in Israel...every taxi driver wanted to ridiculously overcharge or drive around in circles to run up the meter. Things like adult beverages or tobacco were ridiculously expensive. Most the food there was too and not exactly good like the European food was.
Brazil was nice like Europe too...just had to be very very careful with where you were and who you were with. Situational awareness was key there.
In Slovakia the Roma were the only ones you had to be careful with...and it was obvious to tell who they were. They were extremely sneaky though...it wasn't the ones you seen but the ones you didn't that were trouble.
(And his use of grammar articles is inconsistent with my experience)
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