2010/8/25 Sandy Harris <sandyinch...@gmail.com>: > > [...] > Eventually, the manager turns up. He explains that his > cleaning staff found the pouch, so he went downtown > to see if he could spot us having breakfast, and when > that failed, he got on the bus to Kandahar to find us > there. Then he spotted our van coming back, so he > got off the bus and hitched back. > > "Here's your pouch. I've taken 10 pounds for my > expenses." > > By Afghan standards of the time, 10 quid is a lot > of money, quite likely two or three times the > actual expenses. On the other hand, there was > 1000 or so in the pouch, so I reckon Roger > should be distinctly happy.
Very much so seeing that there was also time spent and that courtesy was done well beyond the reasonably expectable. Had the manager taken it to the lost and found, he would have gotten many times more under the law in most any Western nation that I can think of. Here, 5% is compulsory minimum. > Roger is not happy, claims the guy is robbing him. > Wants to call the police. What a bloody ingrate. > I tell him he's being an idiot, Good for you =) > and anyway the chief > of police is the manager's uncle. You should be > thinking about how much more to give him, not > bitching about 10. Absolutely. > My wife is more direct. "We are leaving. Do you > want to shut up and get in the van? Or should > we dump your luggage here?" > > He got in the van, then explained to me that, > since I wasn't British, I didn't understand how > to deal with natives. Sure, once you no longer need their hospitality... You sure topped it. What a crying shame. Cheers Ecke ----------------------------------------- Cameras don’t shoot people. Photographers shoot people. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
