» Have you ever paid for sex?

Accidental Almost Prostitute
Whilst in Korea, a friend of mine (Korean) and I (Canadian, brown haired, female) were walking when a very distinguished looking woman in a tradtional dress approached us. She smiled at me, gestured at him and proceeded to discuss something in rapid Korean. My friend's face grew more and more red as she spoke, and finally, he said something nasty to her, grabbed my arm an hurried us away. Apperantly the enterprising madam thought I might be in need of work…
(Sat 21st Jan 2006, 1:44, More)

» Ripped Off

travel woes
While travelling in the UK a Canadian friend stopped at a currency kiosk to get change for a hundred pound note. The guy behind the desk looked solemnly at him and said, "sorry, this note is fake. I can't give you change for it."
Having got his money from a bank, my friend demanded the note back and after some fuss about fake notes having to be reported to the police, etc, the clerk gave it up.
At a nearby bank, my friend confirmed what he suspected; nothing wrong with the money, just a clever scam.

…of course, he then spent his 100 on a tiny room in a B&B in London, so in the end he did get ripped off rather bad…
(Thu 15th Feb 2007, 22:46, More)

» Child Labour

Babbysitting
One whole week of my summer was given up to chasing three brats around their mother's disgusting house all for a hundred bucks. It sounded great to me (I was fourteen), till I worked out how much per hour that was.
(Fri 17th Feb 2006, 16:22, More)

» Stupid Tourists

I'm sorry to say it was me (both times)
in London I spent about twenty minutes in a department store explaining to this clerk that I had these great pants and that they were black so you couldn't see the dirt and I had gotten drunk and fallen asleep in them and worn them to an interview the next day and they were still alright, even had that natty little "fresh-pressed" looking crease down the middle. Really, I exclaimed, I could wear these pants for a week withotu washing them!
Realized after that pants and trousers are not the same in England. Still burning with shame.
Also (and probably the worst):

To a clerk ringing through my purchase in Sterling: "I only have British pounds, is that OK?"

Sigh.


Aside (and hope this is OK here): hope all B3tards in London are OK. I only hope Canada behaves as well as the British have if/when we get bombed.
(Fri 8th Jul 2005, 20:22, More)

» Useless Information

every four and a half minutes
a tupperware party starts somewhere in the world.
(Fri 18th Mar 2005, 17:57, More)