Posted on Thursday, August 04, 2005 11:50 AM
One thing that comes with living as a white man in black African countries, is that the majority of the people will assume you are rich (and many times you are). That brings about that some people will try to take advantage from you. Taxi drivers double their rates, waiters do that, beggars and street children double their efforts, and also with choosing your African friends you have to be careful.
Sometimes I get tired of that, because this is a 24/7 situation.
Still you have to keep in mind it's not like that. The overall majority of the people will not try to take advantage. I experienced it this morning, when going to a electronics shop for fixing the cable of my lavalier microphone. 'How much will it be?' I asked before going down into business. I was already preparing for being cheated. Both the lady at the counter and the technician looked to each other and laughed a bit. 'Sir, we are not going to charge you.' That was just the confirmation I needed on this wonderful day.
# re: Trust
8/7/2005 5:37 PM by
The last part made me smile - I suppose we are all people.
I hope to see more videos from you, and that you perhaps could tell others about the potential of putting video online at a regular rate.
Will follow your site; keep reporting!
Raymond,
Norway
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