Rapport
You know you’ve developed a rapport with the people you deal with every day when you can:
- Have lunch without actually having any money on you
- Have tea with only a 100 LE note sitting in your pocket
- Get a shave with only 3 LE on you (costs 5 LE normally)
- Say, “I have no change. Tomorrow, ok?” and get an unhesitating “Ok, inshallah,” in return.
If there is one way to re-affirm your faith in the local people, this is it. The people around my office are so genuinely trusting that “bukra, inshallah” is never a problem. This generosity results in my having no qualms about going back to these people every single day.
posted by kent @ 6:30 a.m.
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Your list makes it look like tea costs at least 20 times as much as a shave. I think there must be a little more to this. Could you elaborate please?
Sorry...paying for a 50 piastre (10 cents) cup of tea with a 100 LE note is ludicrous because tea people don't often have that much change.
ooohhh. I get it now!
Makes my morning Tim's or Starbucks sound a little overpriced! ....
Yay! You're accepted. What a wonderful feeling.
Cheers!
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