Nepalese woman chases and hits British tourists who complained...
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Posted in r/PublicFreakout by u/Nihilist911 • 7,579 points and 1,574 comments

The tourists apparently started haggling after being charged 1.50 dollars for a cup of tea :michael-laugh:

(NSFW in case some folks find mild violence upsetting)

  • Woly [any]
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    3 years ago

    Imagine traveling from your imperialist safe haven and trying to bargain some local down from a dollar and fifty cents after they put your ugly ass up in their home.

    • LoudMuffin [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      my favorite thing is that Canadian guy who went to an ayahuasca retreat and killed the elder who ran the ceremony (an 89 year old woman, lol) and then his family/govt got mad when the locals rightfully lynched and killed him in retaliation

      Anglos legit think they're gods

    • AntipastoAktion [they/them]
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      3 years ago

      It fucking floors me every time I read stuff on travel that's usually written by westerners (not necessarily anglos, though I am unfortunately one) on some poorer places, and people write about how to avoid scams and avoid overpaying, but then you run the conversion to the local currency and it's like a fucking dollar at the most. Absolutely no skin off the traveler's back, but can mean a good day's wages for whoever's involved. Fucking wild.

      • SaniFlush [any, any]
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        3 years ago

        Even for condescending tourists they're fucked up. Like, my dad once wrote a travel guide for Jamaica; he pretty consistently states that you should heavily tip all the people serving you, in US dollars if you can, because they'll remember you for it. Condescending, sure, but pragmatic.

      • MolotovHalfEmpty [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        This a particular, awful kind of penny pinching posh person as well. No one would bat an eye at paying less than a quid for a cup of tea in Britain where no one has had to lug it up a mountain or give you free accommodation with it.

        I guarantee this women regularly pays four or five times that for a weak teabag and a slice of lemon at home and probably double that again for a coffee made with laboratory equipment.

          • MolotovHalfEmpty [he/him]
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            3 years ago

            Yeah, McDonald's tea (not in a city or service station) is still 99p and basically the cheapest you'll find anywhere. And that's still more than 150 rupees!