There is no notion of consumer respect.
Everyone makes you the favor of selling, and you as a purchaser should be thankful for their effort.
You have a constant feeling that they are stealing from you: from how long it takes for a check to clear in the banking system to the credit for your mobile that expires if you do not use it in a period of time (1 month)....
Lots of fire arms.....the most noticeable ones are the big shotguns that most of the security guards have.
And mind you that to some of these guys I would not even trust with my credit-less mobile phone.
I was made to understand that everyone carries one......and best of all.....you do not need a permit!
Gun shops are all around, four your own gunning pleasure.
I was told that when you go into a public institution, you are required to wear a long sleeved shirt, but you are not required to deposit your gun!
There is no Police here. Practically everyone does whatever they like.
They have DRIVE-IN BARS!!!!!!!!!!!! If, after you got your Big Mac and fries from the Drive-in Mac, you feel a little thirsty, just go down the corner into your local Drive-in Bar and get a nice cold bottle of Presidente, the beer we all love.
Small pleasures that make your hot day bearable.
The transport system is unbelievable slow, and no one seems to care. Trips that should take you 30 min take 2hours, simply because they make tens of stops along the way.
They use their cars honk for everything, signaling that they are happy, that they are sad, that they are impatient, that they saw a nice girl, or simply for fun. Constant noise and chaos.
In many cases, traffic lights are for decorative purposes only, maybe because the streets look much nicer with yellow boxes that flicker. Like Christmas trees, only year round.
The local news, which have a way of feeling very manipulative and tend to get me a bit depressed every morning when I read them.
Prices, which are the same as Europe, but their power of purchase here is many times smaller.
Everyone considers themselves smart, and I bet they think they are even smarter than you.
Anything and everything takes a looooooooooooooooong time to get done. From paperwork to accepting proposals, even of meeting, it's all about days spent waiting.
Life moves differently here, and maybe that's why this country deserves itself.
As do all countries for that matter of fact.
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