Thursday, June 14, 2012

Welcome to San Jose.... Don't touch my bag!

I love Costa Rica.  The people.  The food, the chill way of living. But one of the things I don't like is when you land in the airport, you are bombarded with Ticos trying to help you.  I like help, but don't force yourself.  Case in point, when you are carrying your luggage out of the airport they want to carry it for you.  .  Hello, I didn't ask for your help, so when you grab my bag and offer to carry it I think I'm in Mebane, and you're treating me like a lady.  Not the case.  They want a tip.  And when they look at you wanting money, for carrying a bag 10 feet, that you didn't ask them to carry, you instantly think, "I better give this dude money or he might send the mafia after me." So you drop a buck, for safety.  Well this year I was stern.  I was very polite at first, "no gracias." But that soon transformed into a teacher voice of, "DON'T TOUCH  MY BAG!"  Oh the looks I got.  But I kept my dollar!

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